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βFor the matter of two hours, godfather,β answered the maiden, with a countenance bent to the ground, and covered with blushes,
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For there, all in tears, an 'deep crimson'd wi' blushes,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Dreaming, if a bird dreams, till the daylight blushes,
Twenty One Poems 1907
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Before the girl had lifted her face from the needlework over which she had bent to hide her blushes,
Birds of Prey 1875
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How pretty she looks, showing her excellent teeth and suffused with bright warm blushes,
Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series George Robert Aberigh-Mackay 1864
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How vain were tears or tremors, conscious blushes,
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Nevertheless, Lady Adela was an unconscious impostor; for, owing to a mild softness of eye and a susceptibility to blushes,
What Will He Do with It? β Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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And so he took his egg, and while all smiled in silence, poor Anne said gayly, in the midst of her blushes,
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824
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Page view page image: would be glad to take some refreshment: therefore to save her blushes,
Hau Kiou Choaan : 1761
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1823: In Angel whitenesse beare away those blushes,
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