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... Fair stars ! are not your beings pure ? " ( 2. ) " Perdition catch my soul , but I do love thee ! " REVENGE , when ( 1. ) deep - seated and deliberate , braces the attitude of the whole body , as in deep determination . In ac tion , the ...
... Fair stars ! are not your beings pure ? " ( 2. ) " Perdition catch my soul , but I do love thee ! " REVENGE , when ( 1. ) deep - seated and deliberate , braces the attitude of the whole body , as in deep determination . In ac tion , the ...
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... fair , plain , red , and pale , Of every description all flocked to the sale . The auctioneer then his labors began , And called out aloud as he held up a man , " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy ? " In a trice every maiden ...
... fair , plain , red , and pale , Of every description all flocked to the sale . The auctioneer then his labors began , And called out aloud as he held up a man , " How much for a bachelor ? who wants to buy ? " In a trice every maiden ...
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... fair Minnehaha , Laid aside her mat unfinished , Brought forth food and set before them , Water brought them from the brooklet , Gave them food in earthen vessels , Gave them drink in bowls of bass - wood , Listened while the guest was ...
... fair Minnehaha , Laid aside her mat unfinished , Brought forth food and set before them , Water brought them from the brooklet , Gave them food in earthen vessels , Gave them drink in bowls of bass - wood , Listened while the guest was ...
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... fair one's cheek , a shade Of thought , or care , stole softly over , Like that by a cloud in a summer day made , Looking down on a field of blossoming clover . The rose yet lay on her cheek , but its flush Had something lost of its ...
... fair one's cheek , a shade Of thought , or care , stole softly over , Like that by a cloud in a summer day made , Looking down on a field of blossoming clover . The rose yet lay on her cheek , but its flush Had something lost of its ...
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... , -and suddenly beheld life's morn de- cline , - And one had come from Bingen , —fair Bingen on the Rhine ! " Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort NEW YORK SPEAKER . .93 Mrs Norton, The World for Sale, Bryant, 77 Mrs Norton,
... , -and suddenly beheld life's morn de- cline , - And one had come from Bingen , —fair Bingen on the Rhine ! " Tell my mother that her other sons shall comfort NEW YORK SPEAKER . .93 Mrs Norton, The World for Sale, Bryant, 77 Mrs Norton,
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