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But she does the suggested breathing exercises, makes a voodoo doll of herself and places it strategically within a carefully-arranged diarama depicting a packed book reading, and sacrifices a goat or two to the Muses.

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Her compassion would perhaps have been justified if on this same afternoon she had been concealed behind one of the valuable curtains of time-softened damask which dressed the interesting little salon of the lady to whom it referred; the carefully-arranged apartment to which we once paid a visit in company with the discreet Mr. Rosier.

The Portrait of a Lady 2003

Now that his chum had been warned of his presence Thad believed he could proceed to the next step in his carefully-arranged programme.

The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol Herbert Carter

Martha Matilda sighed, standing beside her carefully-arranged table with shining eyes.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

As the dance ended the many couples streamed out of the ballroom and made for the _kala juggas_ -- the "black places," as the sitting-out spots are appropriately termed in India from the carefully-arranged lack of light in them.

The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

This carefully-arranged programme, however, was not followed in its entirety.

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke

For once he was allowed to sleep without pillows being thrown at him, the clothes pulled from him by means of a carefully-arranged cord, and playful tricks of that sort, of which both he and Harry had been the victims as the latest recruits to the dormitory.

The Hero of Garside School

When they parted that afternoon, it was with a carefully-arranged program of work -- they were to visit each other on alternate days and go on with their German and music.

Love's Pilgrimage Upton Sinclair 1923

Her exclamation would perhaps have been justified if on this same afternoon she had been concealed behind one of the valuable curtains of time-softened damask which dressed the interesting little salon of the lady to whom it referred; the carefully-arranged apartment to which we once paid a visit in company with the discreet Mr. Rosier.

Chapter XLIX 1917

Aphrodite ivorine, existed only in the radiant imaginations of her carefully-arranged acquaintances.

The Woman with the Fan Robert Smythe Hichens 1907