Old-world Idylls and Other Verses |
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But nobody's virtue was over - nice When WALPOLE talked of a man and his price ; And wherever Purity found abode , ' Twas certainly not on a posting road . II . Forty followed to Thirty - nine . Glorious days of the Hanover ...
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So never a word he spoke as yet , For he thought ' twas a freak of MEG or Bet ;A freak of the Rose " or the Rummer " set . Out - spoke Dolly the Chambermaid , ( Tremulous now 26 OLD - WORLD IDYLLS .
So never a word he spoke as yet , For he thought ' twas a freak of MEG or Bet ;A freak of the Rose " or the Rummer " set . Out - spoke Dolly the Chambermaid , ( Tremulous now 26 OLD - WORLD IDYLLS .
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So , in the Louvre , the passer - by might spy some Arch - looking head , with half - evasive air , Start from behind the fruitage of Van Huysum , Grape - bunch and melon , nectarine and pear :Here ' twas no Venus of Batavian city ...
So , in the Louvre , the passer - by might spy some Arch - looking head , with half - evasive air , Start from behind the fruitage of Van Huysum , Grape - bunch and melon , nectarine and pear :Here ' twas no Venus of Batavian city ...
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... a finger tapped the door . Opened Rosina to the unknown comer . ' Twas a THE STORY OF ROSINA . 41.
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Twas a young girl " une pauvre fille , she said , They had been growing poorer all the summer ; Father was lame , and mother lately dead ; Bread was so dear , and , -oh ! but want was bitter , Would Monsieur pay to have her for a ...
Twas a young girl " une pauvre fille , she said , They had been growing poorer all the summer ; Father was lame , and mother lately dead ; Bread was so dear , and , -oh ! but want was bitter , Would Monsieur pay to have her for a ...
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Alley BABETTE BALLADE BEAU beauty Belle Marquise beside better bird blue Boucher bright Caliph clear comes dance dead dear Death DENISE door doubt dream eyes face fair fate feel feet flowers FRANK fresh garden Give gone grace gray green grew grow hair Half hand head hear heard heart hope John king kissed knew laughing LAWRENCE leaves less light lips lived look Maid mean morning Muse never night NINETTE NINON once pain pale pass pipe play Poet poor rest Rose round seek seemed shade sing smile song Spring stand stay stirred strange surely sweet tears thing thou thought to-day turned Twas voice wait watch weary young
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Bibliografinė informacija
| Pavadinimas | Old-world Idylls and Other Verses |
| Autorius | Austin Dobson |
| Leidimas | 4 |
| Leidėjas | Kegan Paul, Trench, 1884 |
| Originalas iš | Harvardo universitetas |
| Pakeista skaitmenine forma | 26 vasario 2008 |
| Ilgis | 252 psl. |
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