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  • "Zelie," said she to the little damsel, who was standing astonished at the colloquy, "go quickly down to the stream, and fill this bottle."

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • "Zelie," said she to the little damsel, who was standing astonished at the colloquy, "go quickly down to the stream, and fill this bottle."

    A Woodland Queen — Complete Andr�� Theuriet 1870

  • Cuba for many years, to act as a translator for my partner, Zelie, and me.

    Alice Walker: On Finding Your Bliss Interview by Evelyn C. White 2010

  • Oh Zelie - basil ones would be very appropriate though if you remember the post I wrote earlier on St. Anthony basil pots

    St. Anthony and the Lost Bread jenmack 2009

  • Several plays followed in the season of 1787 and 1788, the most memorable being a skilful adaptation of Zelie, a French comedy, which she retitled The Child of Nature (1788).

    Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) 2008

  • “You stay quietly here,” Zelie said to her husband, without the slightest remonstrance against his folly.

    Ursula 2006

  • The million fascinated Zelie quite as much as it did Minoret.

    Ursula 2006

  • Massin, fearing that Zelie and her husband might lay hands on some ornament, joined them in the salon, where all the heirs were presently assembled one by one.

    Ursula 2006

  • In spite of her assurance Zelie was discomfited by the cold look which the young girl gave her.

    Ursula 2006

  • Zelie nearly fainted; when she recovered her senses she confessed everything.

    Ursula 2006

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