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... him to his breast ; So I, while many a year has run, From waxing spring to
autumn's wane, While burned tho sun and beat the rain, Watched for the avatar of
Fun. VOL. L A TOWN TALK By ths Saunteber in Society. HE Edmunds Committee
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... him to his breast ; So I, while many a year has run, From waxing spring to
autumn's wane, While burned tho sun and beat the rain, Watched for the avatar of
Fun. VOL. L A TOWN TALK By ths Saunteber in Society. HE Edmunds Committee
.
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What has he done that he is reduced to these straits to gain admission into what
he is pleased to term "society?" Let overy shabby-genteel family, whose
perceptions are likely to be blinded by having a brougham and horses and
grooms ...
What has he done that he is reduced to these straits to gain admission into what
he is pleased to term "society?" Let overy shabby-genteel family, whose
perceptions are likely to be blinded by having a brougham and horses and
grooms ...
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It is tho delight of some men to prove that two and two make five. If you refuse to
believe them, they hate you, and would enforce your belief by imprisonment or
flogging. TOWN TALK. Br thi Sauntrrer in Society. Parliament is apparently. 18 [
Mat ...
It is tho delight of some men to prove that two and two make five. If you refuse to
believe them, they hate you, and would enforce your belief by imprisonment or
flogging. TOWN TALK. Br thi Sauntrrer in Society. Parliament is apparently. 18 [
Mat ...
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She's dressed in all that's rich and smart — Moves in society the foremost — In
fact she's in the Marriage Mart ; 'Tis that which makes my heart feel sore most. I
think she loves me ! In the Box When music's charm is overpowering, And that ...
She's dressed in all that's rich and smart — Moves in society the foremost — In
fact she's in the Marriage Mart ; 'Tis that which makes my heart feel sore most. I
think she loves me ! In the Box When music's charm is overpowering, And that ...
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