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  1. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    Lady Barbara drove herself in a phaeton, with a tiger perched up behind;
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  2. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    He took her face between his hands, staring down at her. She felt his fingers tremble slightly, and wondered what thoughts chased one another behind the trouble in his eyes. Suddenly his hands dropped to her shoulders, and thrust her away from him. 'No!' he said curtly.
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  3. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    the pièce de résistance for most of his guests was the appearance of La Catalani. His lordship described her as being as sharp as a Jew, and Colonel Fremantle had certainly found her so.
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  4. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    He did not want middle-aged men with distinguished records with him: they could be better employed elsewhere, and would, moreover, have bored him. He wanted polished young men of good families, who were of his own world, who knew how to make themselves pleasant in exalted circles, and could amuse his leisure moments with their adventures, and their fun, and their bubbling energy."
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  5. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    I really have no idea,' replied Worth.
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  6. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    I think the hardest thing of all is to be wise in our dealings with the people we love,' he said. 'I know I have found it so.
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  7. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    It's awful, isn't it?' 'Yes. The worst fight I ever was in.' 'Well, I'm glad I was in it, anyway. To tell you the truth, I haven't liked it as much as I thought I should. It's seeing one's friends go, one after the other, and being so hellish frightened oneself.
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  8. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    I find myself at one with Dr Johnson, who declared-did he not?-that one green field was just like another!
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  9. Georgette Heyer _ An Infamous Army

    His lordship detested independently-minded subordinates. It was not the business of his officers to think for themselves.
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