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... Giaour . Ibid . III . 74 . The fair sex should be always fair ; and no man , Till thirty , should perceive there's a plain woman . Byron , Don Juan , XIII . 3 . Her overpowering presence made you feel It would not be idolatry to kneel ...
... Giaour . Ibid . III . 74 . The fair sex should be always fair ; and no man , Till thirty , should perceive there's a plain woman . Byron , Don Juan , XIII . 3 . Her overpowering presence made you feel It would not be idolatry to kneel ...
Page 59
... Giaour . ' When they behold the brave oppress'd with odds , Are touch'd with a desire to shield or save . Byron , Don Juan . Fate made me what I am - may make me nothing , - But either that or nothing must I be ; I will not live ...
... Giaour . ' When they behold the brave oppress'd with odds , Are touch'd with a desire to shield or save . Byron , Don Juan . Fate made me what I am - may make me nothing , - But either that or nothing must I be ; I will not live ...
Page 116
... therefore are they very dangerous . CYPRESS . Sh . Jul . C. 1. 2 . Dark tree ! still sad when others ' grief is fled , The only constant mourner o'er the dead . Byron , Giaour . DAINTIES . DAINTIES - DANCERS , DANCING . 117 Such.
... therefore are they very dangerous . CYPRESS . Sh . Jul . C. 1. 2 . Dark tree ! still sad when others ' grief is fled , The only constant mourner o'er the dead . Byron , Giaour . DAINTIES . DAINTIES - DANCERS , DANCING . 117 Such.
Page 127
... Giaour . What shall he be ere night ? Perchance a thing O'er which the raven flaps his funeral wing . Byron , Corsair . I live , But live to die : and living , see nothing To make death hateful , save an innate clinging , A loathsome ...
... Giaour . What shall he be ere night ? Perchance a thing O'er which the raven flaps his funeral wing . Byron , Corsair . I live , But live to die : and living , see nothing To make death hateful , save an innate clinging , A loathsome ...
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... Giaour . All that's bright must fade , - The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest . T. Moore , All that's bright . DECEIT - DECEITFULNESS - DECEPTION - HYPOCRISY . What man so wise , what ...
... Giaour . All that's bright must fade , - The brightest still the fleetest ; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest . T. Moore , All that's bright . DECEIT - DECEITFULNESS - DECEPTION - HYPOCRISY . What man so wise , what ...
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