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For, really, he appeared to be taking down, either my travelling-cap or my hair, with a minuteness that was a liberty.
The Haunted House 2007
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For, really, he appeared to be taking down, either my travelling-cap or my hair, with a minuteness that was a liberty.
The Haunted House 2007
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For, really, he appeared to be taking down, either my travelling-cap or my hair, with a minuteness that was a liberty.
The Haunted House by Charles Dickens | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004
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His hair was light, and curled from under an old green velvet travelling-cap stuck on one side of his head.
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The three _coupé_ passengers, consisting of two ladies -- sisters -- and a ruddy-faced, cheerful gentleman in a velvet travelling-cap, who made it a principle, like Falstaff, to take things easily, and "not to sweat extraordinarily," warmly approved the conductor's proposal as a sensible one; and even the alert gentleman in the _banquette_ agreed that it would be more prudent to remain at the first good inn the diligence came to.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 Various
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Hade, white, and visibly in deep anxiety, hiding his pale face beneath a cloth travelling-cap, and with his chin muffled in a woollen scarf.
Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels
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The coarse face of M. Gardinois, surrounded by a travelling-cap with ear-pieces, is before him.
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Ella's travelling-cap had been inside the bundle before, but Kate took it out and advised her to carry it in her hand-bag, as being easily accessible if she did not wish to undo the strap.
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 Various
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Ned was sitting opposite us, his thick, black hair curling from under his plaid travelling-cap, -- his thick eyebrows working, and his hands occupied in arranging little fragments of pilot-biscuit on the table.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Various
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My present garb was very humble -- consisting of an old black coat I formerly had worn at Berlin, and which by some chance was the first I put my hand on before setting out on this journey, a travelling-cap, and an old pair of boots.
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