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  • And I call to the mind's eye Pallor of an ivory face,

    He Crosses Borders Brett Campbell 2010

  • And I call to the mind's eye Pallor of an ivory face,

    He Crosses Borders Brett Campbell 2010

  • And I call to the mind's eye Pallor of an ivory face,

    He Crosses Borders Brett Campbell 2010

  • I have respect for the Sun, my “Pacific Northwest Pallor” is scorched each summer, just gotta get that sunburn over with, then, we kiss and make up.

    Think Progress » Novak Selectively Edits Report to Defend Big Oil 2006

  • Pallor, by the heat coursing into the interior ruddiness leaves the surface.

    Essays and Miscellanies 2004

  • Pallor adorneth him, as on their And pallor ornamenting brow latest nights, The moons as though with pallor still embellished 'Twere wanness such as waning thou mayst see. crescents show.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • Pliny, writing in the first century A.D., described the alcoholic: “Pallor, pendulous cheeks, bloodshot eyes, tremulous hands which spill the full cup … sleep disturbed by the furies.”

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Pliny, writing in the first century A.D., described the alcoholic: “Pallor, pendulous cheeks, bloodshot eyes, tremulous hands which spill the full cup … sleep disturbed by the furies.”

    Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

  • Pallor turned out not to matter, anyway, for when Gaius Julius Caesar Junior called to fetch her, Aurelia produced all the color her mother could have wished.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • Pallor marked his features, contrasting with the rich livery brown that glistened about his head and throat, framing his face with its sticky folds.

    HOTHOUSE Aldiss, Brian 1962

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