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A light went out in her eyes, like that of a veilleuse in the dawn.— Beauchamp's Career — Volume 7
When the good 'sister' moved about the room, in the dim light of the veillense[veilleuse], in spite of her coarse, unshapely garb, I recognized the outlines of Madeleine's page 132 Walton, without being stirred and inspired by the contact The force, decision, aptitude, promptness, which distinguished Roland[Ronald], had constituted him a sort of prince among his fellow-students page 135 the Marchioness de Fleury that Bertha's uncle was exceedingly tenacious of his rights, and jealous of the inteference[interference] of his niece's relatives in regard to any future alliance she might page 150 golden keys: unlock all doors; carry one into hidden depths of the earth.— Fairy Fingers A Novel
a veilleuse in the dawn.— Beauchamp's Career — Complete
Do you think I have forgotten the good _soeur de bon secours_ whose movements I used to watch, and whose features, dimly traced by the feeble light of the _veilleuse_, I never ceased to gaze upon, as she moved about my bed? "— Fairy Fingers A Novel
When the good 'sister' moved about the room, in the dim light of the veillense [veilleuse], in spite of her coarse, unshapely garb, I recognized the outlines of Madeleine's page 132— Fairy Fingers A Novel

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