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Page 236
... perhaps unconsciously , two or three lines of Burns , whose ' Whistle and I'll come to ye , my lad , ' and ' Gi'e me a glance of thy bonny black e'e , ' were never better exemplified than in the couple before her . Really , it is ...
... perhaps unconsciously , two or three lines of Burns , whose ' Whistle and I'll come to ye , my lad , ' and ' Gi'e me a glance of thy bonny black e'e , ' were never better exemplified than in the couple before her . Really , it is ...
Page 239
... perhaps your fellow - traveller has no smell . If you point to a distant object , perhaps he is short - sighted , and has to take out his glass to look at it . There is a feeling in the air , a tone in the colour of a cloud which hits ...
... perhaps your fellow - traveller has no smell . If you point to a distant object , perhaps he is short - sighted , and has to take out his glass to look at it . There is a feeling in the air , a tone in the colour of a cloud which hits ...
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... perhaps , some quainter , tenderer fancy that engages your solitary attention , something in Sir Philip Sidney or Henry Vaughan , and then you turn to look for Phyllis , ever the best interpreter of love , human or divine . Alas ! the ...
... perhaps , some quainter , tenderer fancy that engages your solitary attention , something in Sir Philip Sidney or Henry Vaughan , and then you turn to look for Phyllis , ever the best interpreter of love , human or divine . Alas ! the ...
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