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The Europeans

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

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Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.
It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.
Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.
The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imaginationMrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvelall that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.
But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.
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The Europeans

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The Europeans is here in full — 367 sentences across 74 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.
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It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.
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Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, veryintense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.
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The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imaginationMrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvelall that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.
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But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

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a

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

account

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

Acton

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

Acton's

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

acute

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

all

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

an

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

and

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

appreciate

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

apt

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

arm-chair

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

as

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

at

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

Baroness

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

baskets

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

be

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

beautiful

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

been

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

between

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

Boston

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

brilliant

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

But

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

by

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

charms

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

contrary

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

conversation

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

costume

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

earlier

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

emotion

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

eternal

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

even

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

ever

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

failed

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

few

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

for

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

frequent

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

from

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

fruit

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

garden

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

given

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

graces

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

great

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

had

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

health

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

her

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

historical

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

imagination

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

impressions

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

in

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

intense

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

intercourse

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

interviews

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

intimate

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

is

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

It

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

ladies

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

lady

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

limit

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

local

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

Madame

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

manner

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

many

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

marvel

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

messages

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

most

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

Mrs

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

Münster

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

Münster's

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

narrative

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

neither

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

nor

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

nosegays

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

not

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

number

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

obliged

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

of

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

on

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

only

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

paid

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

perception

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

periods

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

quaintly-worded

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

read

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

recalled

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

receiving

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

required

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

restriction

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

said

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

sat

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

sent

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From this reading But she had sent the Baroness a great many quaintly-worded messages and a great many nosegays from her garden and baskets of beautiful fruit.

she

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

Since

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

soberest

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

some

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

stage

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

state

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

stirring

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

that

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

the

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

these

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

they

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

this

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

to

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

too

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

two

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

type

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

very

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

visit

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

visitor

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From this reading It was not that Mrs. Acton had failed to appreciate Madame Münster’s charms; on the contrary, her perception of the graces of manner and conversation of her brilliant visitor had been only too acute.

visitors

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

was

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

were

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From this reading Mrs. Acton was, as they said in Boston, very “intense,” and her impressions were apt to be too many for her.

which

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From this reading Since that visit paid by the Baroness Münster to Mrs. Acton, of which some account was given at an earlier stage of this narrative, the intercourse between these two ladies had been neither frequent nor intimate.

whose

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

why

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

with

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From this reading The state of her health required the restriction of emotion; and this is why, receiving, as she sat in her eternal arm-chair, very few visitors, even of the soberest local type, she had been obliged to limit the number of her interviews with a lady whose costume and manner recalled to her imagination—Mrs. Acton’s imagination was a marvel—all that she had ever read of the most stirring historical periods.

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