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... young traveller ? ---- No . To a graceful young lord just stept out of his carriage ? Or handsome young poet , the day of his marriage ? No - nobody's likeness will help me , see , To afford you a notion of what he could be ; Not though ...
... young traveller ? ---- No . To a graceful young lord just stept out of his carriage ? Or handsome young poet , the day of his marriage ? No - nobody's likeness will help me , see , To afford you a notion of what he could be ; Not though ...
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... young people's eyes Had no better examples than those in the skies . But soon as I learnt how to value these doings , I never much valued your billings and cooings ; They only make idle the best of my race ; And since my poor Daphne ...
... young people's eyes Had no better examples than those in the skies . But soon as I learnt how to value these doings , I never much valued your billings and cooings ; They only make idle the best of my race ; And since my poor Daphne ...
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... young Alfred himself . A note upon Alfred might be indulged me , on the strength of his having been reckoned the " Prince of the Saxon Poets ; " but the name of that truly great man is not to be mentioned with- out enthusiasm by any ...
... young Alfred himself . A note upon Alfred might be indulged me , on the strength of his having been reckoned the " Prince of the Saxon Poets ; " but the name of that truly great man is not to be mentioned with- out enthusiasm by any ...
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... young rake , than the proceedings of even an old man of the world who is approaching his grave , have met with their just reprobation from every reader of common sense . The truth is , that Mr. Colman the Younger , as he calls himself ...
... young rake , than the proceedings of even an old man of the world who is approaching his grave , have met with their just reprobation from every reader of common sense . The truth is , that Mr. Colman the Younger , as he calls himself ...
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... young female appeared before him : - E le chiome dorate al vento sparse , Giovane donna in mezzo ' l campo apparse . The conclusion of the succeeding stanza has also a turn with it unlike the original , and not in so allowable a taste ...
... young female appeared before him : - E le chiome dorate al vento sparse , Giovane donna in mezzo ' l campo apparse . The conclusion of the succeeding stanza has also a turn with it unlike the original , and not in so allowable a taste ...
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