The Best of LambMethuen & Company, Limited, 1951 - 192 pages |
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Page 45
... sometimes , sometimes in despair , yet persisting ever , I courted the fair Alice W - n ; and , as much as children could understand , I explained to them what coyness , and difficulty , and denial meant in maidens - when suddenly ...
... sometimes , sometimes in despair , yet persisting ever , I courted the fair Alice W - n ; and , as much as children could understand , I explained to them what coyness , and difficulty , and denial meant in maidens - when suddenly ...
Page 114
... sometimes it was a deep blue , and then a deep green , and sometimes it would seem all on fire all these various appearances he would shew me , and attempt to explain the reason of them to me , as well as my young capacity would admit ...
... sometimes it was a deep blue , and then a deep green , and sometimes it would seem all on fire all these various appearances he would shew me , and attempt to explain the reason of them to me , as well as my young capacity would admit ...
Page 183
... Sometimes the moon on soft night clouds to rest , Like beauty nestling in a young man's breast , And all the winking stars , her handmaids , keep Admiring silence , while those lovers sleep . Sometimes outstretcht , in very idleness ...
... Sometimes the moon on soft night clouds to rest , Like beauty nestling in a young man's breast , And all the winking stars , her handmaids , keep Admiring silence , while those lovers sleep . Sometimes outstretcht , in very idleness ...
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