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... leave me ? Was I not Long time deserted and forlorn ? If I Could rightly call to mind , -no , here it was not , ' That our dear cottage stood . - Wake , wake , Matilda , And let us go from hence ! What ! hear'st thou not That scream of ...
... leave me ? Was I not Long time deserted and forlorn ? If I Could rightly call to mind , -no , here it was not , ' That our dear cottage stood . - Wake , wake , Matilda , And let us go from hence ! What ! hear'st thou not That scream of ...
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... leave them all , with thoughts of coming feast to tickle ' em . The bell now rings - the curtain rises - Veluti in speculum . SCENE - The outside of a Parish - church in a country town - a motley Crowd waiting before the door - Two ...
... leave them all , with thoughts of coming feast to tickle ' em . The bell now rings - the curtain rises - Veluti in speculum . SCENE - The outside of a Parish - church in a country town - a motley Crowd waiting before the door - Two ...
Page 37
... of the town , And leave your wonted business for the fun ; A half - a - guinea , or at least a crown , You'll pouch , we warrant , when the peal is done . It is the first of April , ( not of 1893. ) Nuptials out of Jeopardy . 37.
... of the town , And leave your wonted business for the fun ; A half - a - guinea , or at least a crown , You'll pouch , we warrant , when the peal is done . It is the first of April , ( not of 1893. ) Nuptials out of Jeopardy . 37.
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... leave to go out often a - pleasuring . Then here's , & c . And I hope that my worthy mistress will prove a good and constant wife , And bring him a beautiful little family , for to be the joy and pride of his life ; And that she'll keep ...
... leave to go out often a - pleasuring . Then here's , & c . And I hope that my worthy mistress will prove a good and constant wife , And bring him a beautiful little family , for to be the joy and pride of his life ; And that she'll keep ...
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... leave , I have permitted them To take from my back - yard a faggot - stackThe very smallest though — and pile it here , To make a merry bonfire in the evening , I trust , with your approval . Mrs M. My approval ? My leave ? I'm sure you ...
... leave , I have permitted them To take from my back - yard a faggot - stackThe very smallest though — and pile it here , To make a merry bonfire in the evening , I trust , with your approval . Mrs M. My approval ? My leave ? I'm sure you ...
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Page 64 - Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs, In Sion also not unsung, where stood Her temple on th' offensive mountain, built By that uxorious king, whose heart though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul.
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