Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggesti…

George Eliot
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Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied gently-lessening curves, down to the delicate wrist, with its tiniest, almost imperceptible nicks in the firm softness. ✨ George Eliot (2016). The Mill on the Floss: Top Novelist Focus, p.391, 谷月社
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