He incarnates this character so unself-consciously that glum Eric seems like teen-age despair apotheosized Everykid as the most beautiful of losers.

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When she died in 1680 at age 24, witnesses said her face had been made beautiful again, in what they believed was a sign of God's love.

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Their audience, the new middle class of the Industrial Age, wanted pretty pictures, full of lovely landscapes, beautiful women with flowing tresses, lavish interiors.

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When she first arrived at the age of 19, famously discovered by David Gilmore of Pink Floyd, Kate Bush was like a beautiful alien, a wild, untamed musical creature.

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