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I still have the much-worn reading copy and a spare I bought to keep pristine in case the other ever fell apart: Then twilight fell, and the pink walls of the plastered gables turned violet and mystic, and little yellow lights floated up one by one from old lattice windows.
MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves 2009
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Her guide to children's books is a much-worn volume on my shelf.
R.I.P. Eden Roger Sutton 2009
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Further to overwork a much-worn phrase of this week: 'Which bit of' Non! 'does this strutting little chicken not understand, pray?'
Archive 2008-06-15 2008
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Further to overwork a much-worn phrase of this week: 'Which bit of' Non! 'does this strutting little chicken not understand, pray?'
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A much-worn prayer book appears to contain the partially-covered words of Archimedes...showing how Archimedes was working on The Calculus.
The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2009
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A much-worn prayer book appears to contain the partially-covered words of Archimedes...showing how Archimedes was working on The Calculus.
Archive 2009-01-01 Fred Kiesche 2009
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A thin high sky, the color and texture of a much-worn, much-washed blue shirt, lifted my head and seemed to pull the whole island south and east.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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The images are crisp and clear and will be a revelation to those who have only seen the films via third generation bootlegs or much-worn 35mm.
May Day with Jodorowsky K. A. Laity 2007
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Unless you are pitching a book about mountaineering, I would avoid much-worn jeans or hiking boots, but to a West Coast conference, you could get away with newish jeans quite happily.
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He wears a matching neat, buttoned up vest, and his much-worn and creased shoes have been polished to almost-mirror brightness in spite of the old and cracked leather.
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