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  • The players deserted the other games, and the dancing-floor was forsaken, so that all stood at last, fivescore and more, in a compact and silent group, around the poker-table.

    Chapter 2 2010

  • A minute later she was whirled away in his arms to the dancing-floor, where, along with the other three women and their partners, a rollicking Virginia reel was soon in progress.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • But with a sudden well-assumed ebullition of spirits he drew her toward the dancing-floor, and as they swung around and around in

    Chapter III 2010

  • Once, on the dancing-floor, he saw Lizzie Connolly go by in the arms of a young workingman; and, later, when he made the round of the pavilion, he came upon her sitting by a refreshment table.

    Chapter 42 2010

  • Brown-coated clerks scurried along the aisles between the long, map-strewn tables that covered the green-tiled dancing-floor.

    Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005

  • It joined with the plumeescorting it? and the pair moved along the side of the dancing-floor until, at last, they moved out onto it.

    Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • It joined with the plumeescorting it? and the pair moved along the side of the dancing-floor until, at last, they moved out onto it.

    Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • She would, without doubt, pursue an enemy into his grave, then make a dancing-floor of it.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • She would, without doubt, pursue an enemy into his grave, then make a dancing-floor of it.

    Winds Of Fate Lackey, Mercedes 1991

  • It was in no way different from a score of others he knew - the same plush settees, curtained alcoves, brass rails, minute dancing-floor, tired palms and even more tired string orchestra.

    The Lonely Sea MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1985

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