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Tristan Welch of Launceston Place chills his soufflé mixture before adding the egg whites, perhaps to stop the centre overcooking in the time it takes the dish to rise many a proud-looking soufflé of my experience has turned out to be dry and chewy upon excavation.
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Bowe had found that to the naked eye, the property had a proud-looking mansion surrounded by laden apple trees with shockingly green leaves.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Called "This Is Not a Fashion Photograph," that show includes such works as an untitled picture from Carrie Mae Weems's 1990 "Kitchen Table Series," which shows a proud-looking, perfectly coifed woman sitting erect at a dining table and staring straight ahead, almost mannequin-like, as a man slouched nearby reads the newspaper.
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He arrived soon afterwards, a proud-looking man of seventy-five; Kasai said it was old for an Ethiopian and to have a father that age was good luck.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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He arrived soon afterwards, a proud-looking man of seventy-five; Kasai said it was old for an Ethiopian and to have a father that age was good luck.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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He arrived soon afterwards, a proud-looking man of seventy-five; Kasai said it was old for an Ethiopian and to have a father that age was good luck.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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He arrived soon afterwards, a proud-looking man of seventy-five; Kasai said it was old for an Ethiopian and to have a father that age was good luck.
Long Way Down Ewan McGregor 2007
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And he, so erect and proud-looking, possessed nothing in the world but an old serape.
The Plumed Serpent 2003
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By and by a proud-looking man about fifty-five — and he was a heap the best dressed man in that town, too — steps out of the store, and the crowd drops back on each side to let him come.
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A tall, stout, and proud-looking woman, with a round-faced smiling daughter, entered the drawing room, their dresses rustling.
War and Peace 2003
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