The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Том 2 |
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... you may be sure that I know what is meant by a caricature , and what by a portrait . There are those who think it is capital fun to be spattering their ink on quiet unquarrelsome folk , but the minute the game changes sides and 18.
... you may be sure that I know what is meant by a caricature , and what by a portrait . There are those who think it is capital fun to be spattering their ink on quiet unquarrelsome folk , but the minute the game changes sides and 18.
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some folk , but the minute the game changes sides and the others begin it , they see something savage and horrible in it . As for me I respect neither women or men for their gender , nor own any sex in a pen .
some folk , but the minute the game changes sides and the others begin it , they see something savage and horrible in it . As for me I respect neither women or men for their gender , nor own any sex in a pen .
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For him there was no intermediate stage , From babyhood up to straight - laced middle age ; There were years when he didn't wear coat - tails behind , But a boy he could never be rightly defined ; Like the Irish Good Folk , though in ...
For him there was no intermediate stage , From babyhood up to straight - laced middle age ; There were years when he didn't wear coat - tails behind , But a boy he could never be rightly defined ; Like the Irish Good Folk , though in ...
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... Indeed , they appear to come into existence To impede other folks with their awkward assistance ; set If you up a dunce on the very North pole , All alone with himself , I believe , on my soul , He'd manage to get betwixt somebody's ...
... Indeed , they appear to come into existence To impede other folks with their awkward assistance ; set If you up a dunce on the very North pole , All alone with himself , I believe , on my soul , He'd manage to get betwixt somebody's ...
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... with a sniff of the gallows , And folks are beginning to think it looks odd , To choke a poor scamp for the glory of God ; And that He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal , And regards the ...
... with a sniff of the gallows , And folks are beginning to think it looks odd , To choke a poor scamp for the glory of God ; And that He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal , And regards the ...
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