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open book

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open book
signified spreading of truth by text and doctrine. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 13]
See : Honesty

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The familiar details came out: the stag's horns, the bookshelves, the looking-glass, the stove with its ventilator, which had long wanted mending, his father's sofa, a large table, on the table an open book, a broken ash tray, a manuscript book with his handwriting.
Still she was not astonished when, as she was partaking of a modest dinner late in the afternoon, looking into an open book, stroking the cat, which had made friends with her--she was not greatly astonished to see Robert come in at the tall garden gate.
was written as plainly upon Taylor's face as though his features were the printed words upon an open book.
 
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