The poetical works of James R. Lowell, Том 2Ticknor and Fields., 1858 |
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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 unquarrel- some folk , but the minute the game changes sides 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 unquarrel- some folk , but the minute the game changes sides 18.
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James Russell Lowell. 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 . I ...
James Russell Lowell. 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 . I ...
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... Folk , though in length scarce a span , From the womb he came gravely , a little old man ; While other boys ' trowsers demanded the toil Of the motherly fingers on all kinds of soil , Red , yellow , brown , black , clayey , gravelly ...
... Folk , though in length scarce a span , From the womb he came gravely , a little old man ; While other boys ' trowsers demanded the toil Of the motherly fingers on all kinds of soil , Red , yellow , brown , black , clayey , gravelly ...
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... folks with their awkward assist- ance ; If you set 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 shins , And pitch him down bodily , all in his sins , To the ...
... folks with their awkward assist- ance ; If you set 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 shins , And pitch him down bodily , all in his sins , To the ...
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... 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 quadrille as a far greater knavery Than ...
... 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 quadrille as a far greater knavery Than ...
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