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... tell her my stories of things and men ; And it never strikes me that I am profane , For she laughs and blushes , and kisses again ! And presto ! fly goes her wisdom then ! The boy claps hands , and is up on her breast , Roaring to see ...
... tell her my stories of things and men ; And it never strikes me that I am profane , For she laughs and blushes , and kisses again ! And presto ! fly goes her wisdom then ! The boy claps hands , and is up on her breast , Roaring to see ...
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... For I think I do this sort of thing particularly neatly— " Send me to the Arctic regions , or illimitable azure , On a scientific goose - chase , with my Coxwell or my Glaisher ! " Tell me whither I may hie me , tell 44 The Parlor Muse .
... For I think I do this sort of thing particularly neatly— " Send me to the Arctic regions , or illimitable azure , On a scientific goose - chase , with my Coxwell or my Glaisher ! " Tell me whither I may hie me , tell 44 The Parlor Muse .
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A Selection of Vers de Société from Modern Poets. " Tell me whither I may hie me , tell me , dear one , that I may know- Is it up the highest Andes ? down a horrible volcano ? " But she said , " It isn't polar bears , or hot vol- canic ...
A Selection of Vers de Société from Modern Poets. " Tell me whither I may hie me , tell me , dear one , that I may know- Is it up the highest Andes ? down a horrible volcano ? " But she said , " It isn't polar bears , or hot vol- canic ...
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... tell ! I sat between two ladies - mute as fishes- With nothing else to do but count the dishes . I learned each item in each course by heart . I hate tobacco , but as smoke might part Me from those ladies , with a sober face I took a ...
... tell ! I sat between two ladies - mute as fishes- With nothing else to do but count the dishes . I learned each item in each course by heart . I hate tobacco , but as smoke might part Me from those ladies , with a sober face I took a ...
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... tell me you're un- able To understand . " 66 But , sir- " " I don't suppose You mean to tell me ' 99 66 ' Really— " " Who but knows Your way of dealing with young ladies , sir ? I'll have no trifling , if you please , with her ...
... tell me you're un- able To understand . " 66 But , sir- " " I don't suppose You mean to tell me ' 99 66 ' Really— " " Who but knows Your way of dealing with young ladies , sir ? I'll have no trifling , if you please , with her ...
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30 cents Americanism APPLETON Arthur Quartley Aunt Bachelor Bluff Bath buns Beauty Clare Bond Street bountiful Brer BUNCE Buridan's ass C. S. CALVERLEY Character charm cloth cold Conservatory dance darling dear defalcate denotes dictionary of rhymes Discriminate dooced Dora dress eyes FRANK gentleman GEORGE DU MAURIER girl glance GRAN'PA hair hand haste heart Hence Here's Hermioné HUSBAND imperfect tense JOHN LEECH JUVENILE kiss ladies lips look luxurious mamma married MAURIER'S Pictures means Miss MODERN POETS NELLIE never nice o'er PARCHMENT PAPER Parlor Muse person Pictures of English poems possum pretty Price Richard Grant White Rose SECOND DITTO DITTO SELECTION OF VERS sense side smile SOCIÉTÉ FROM MODERN Speech sweet Table d'Hôte talk thee thing thou thought tion Twas verb VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ William Sartain wish word writing York YOUNG OXFORD YOUTHFUL SWELL
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