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  • To-morrow! said she, breaking once her solemn silence, her com-plexion varying, will be a day indeed!

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • The young lady had shrunk back, her com-plexion varying; now glowing, now pale Excuse her voice, said the condescending mother; her heart bids you welcome.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • His com-plexion is a little of the fairest for a man, and a little of the palest.

    Sir Charles Grandison 2006

  • Her hair was covered by a loose white hood that enhanced the marble smoothness and coldness of her com - plexion.

    Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988

  • Her hair was covered by a loose white hood that enhanced the marble smoothness and coldness of her com - plexion.

    Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988

  • Clever use of the pole could change the com - plexion of a game-but it was possible also to play through without ever invoking the pole.

    Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988

  • She was fair, with green-blue eyes and a light com - plexion.

    The Weird of the White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • She was fair, with green-blue eyes and a light com - plexion.

    The Weird Of The White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • Smith's An Essay on the Causes and Variety of Com - plexion and Figure in the Human Species (1788).

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas MERLE CURTI 1968

  • He was commonplace in com - plexion, in feature, in manners, and in voice.

    Heart of Darkness 1960

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