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  • Half-open doors gave glimpses of dilapidated rooms, each of which, besides the smell of the house, emitted the smell of the guests who had spent a week or a night there.

    Maigret's Dead Man Simenon, Georges, 1903- 1964

  • Half-open doors admitted gusts of music from the orchestra; and Lily, opposite the glass, fumbled among her pots with the tip of her finger, stained her lips blood-red, fixed the rebellious curl to her forehead with a touch of gum.

    The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

  • Half-open doors at intervals give glimpses of white interiors, and of men from a hundred deserts sitting on mats to smoke great water-pipes and talk intrigue.

    Jimgrim and Allah's Peace Talbot Mundy 1909

  • Half-open on the bench lay the book that he had been reading the evening before, while the snow was falling.

    The Blue Flower 1902

  • Half-open on the bench lay the book that he had been reading the evening before, while the snow was falling.

    The Blue Flower Henry Van Dyke 1892

  • Half-open doors are ye, at which grave-diggers wait.

    Thus Spake Zarathustra 1885

  • Half-open doors are ye, at which grave-diggers wait.

    Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche 1872

  • Half-open doors are so tempting, and one cannot shut one's eyes!

    The Golden Dog William Kirby 1861

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    The Tech Report: News 2010

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    The Tech Report: News 2010

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