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House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
2 Lily interrupted her with a deep blush of displeasure.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
3 Gerty's colour rose, and her blush was for a moment her only answer.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 8
4 The blush surprised her almost as much as it did her hostess, who, though not commonly observant of facial changes, sat staring at her with puzzled eyes.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
5 Lily's blush deepened to a glow in which humiliation and gratitude were mingled; and both sentiments revealed themselves in the unexpected gentleness of her reply.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 11
6 The light air seemed full of powdered gold; below the dewy bloom of the lawns the woodlands blushed and smouldered, and the hills across the river swam in molten blue.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
7 She turned to give him the welcome which such gallantry deserved; but her greeting wavered into a blush of wonder, for the man who had approached her was Lawrence Selden.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
8 The remark was uttered with a little air of proprietorship not lost on its object, who concealed a faint blush of annoyance by stooping to pick up the book he had dropped at Lily's approach.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
9 She had even felt a momentary exhilaration at the thought of thus relieving herself of her detested secret; but the sensation gradually faded in the telling, and as she ended her pallour was suffused with a deep blush of misery.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 10