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She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTThe governor placed a dagger to his breast in order to get him to tell what he knew of his wife.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUSNo law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTMr. Spurrell came down to see a horse, and we shall be very glad to have the benefit of his opinion by-and-by.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, NOVEMBER 3, 1894VARIOUSThey were eaten too quickly, in long gulps of four-and-twenty hours at a time.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGHe walked over to the table and mixed two tumblers of whiskey-and-soda, wondering why he had not thought of it before.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONHe paused, then mixed and drank another whiskey-and-soda, lit a cigarette, and resumed.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONOn this errand he departed, wrapped tightly in his cloak, walking briskly through the now heavier rain.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAs she spoke, she moved very slightly, letting her cloak fall open so that her long throat was exposed.
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSHe dashed up to the drawing-room; his wife was coming forth then, her cloak and gloves on, her fan in her hand.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODWORDS RELATED TO CLOAK-AND-DAGGER
- abstruse
- ambiguous
- arcane
- backdoor
- camouflaged
- classified
- cloak-and-dagger
- close
- closet
- clouded
- conspiratorial
- covered
- covert
- cryptic
- dark
- deep
- disguised
- enigmatical
- esoteric
- furtive
- hush-hush
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- obscure
- occult
- on the Q.T.
- out-of-the-way
- private
- recondite
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- shrouded
- strange
- under wraps
- undercover
- underground
- undisclosed
- unenlightened
- unfrequented
- unintelligible
- unknown
- unpublished
- unseen
- veiled
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