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  • At the conclusion of the great garden-scene, Turgenev, by what seems the pure inspiration of genius, has expressed the ecstasy of love in old Lemm's wonderful music It is as though the passion of the lovers had mounted to that pitch where language would be utterly inadequate; indeed, one feels in reading that scene that the next page must be an anti-climax.

    Essays on Russian Novelists William Lyon Phelps 1904

  • "You slip one of them under Professor Lemm's door, and I'll place the other on Colonel Colby's desk."

    The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • "Something going on in Professor Lemm's room," answered Nappy Martell, who had been with him, and who was similarly attired.

    The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • His twin understood, and while the others remained on guard in the hallway, Randy and Andy lost no time in decorating the two goats with various articles of Professor Lemm's wearing apparel.

    The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • Asa Lemm's feet had struck the sheets of ice on the floor, and they had gone out from under him very suddenly, letting him down flat on his back.

    The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • It is barely possible that some of the complaints were overdrawn, yet there was such a unanimity of opinion concerning Professor Lemm's harshness that Colonel Colby was quite impressed.

    The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island or, The Old Lumberman's Treasure Box Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • He listened to her, looked her straight in the face, and mentally repeated Lemm's words, and agreed with him.

    A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Lemm's external appearance did not predispose one in his favour.

    A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Lavrétzky had ordered a piano to be sent to his country-house from the town: a piano for his -- Lemm's -- use.

    A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

  • Lemm's face expressed surprise, but he did not even smile, and only wrapped himself more closely in his dressing-gown.

    A Nobleman's Nest Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850

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