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... bright historic fame but lately fledged ; To no loved object , save the ballot , pledged ; By travel taught less sharply to recoil From notions grown on Transatlantic soil ; Weaned from the creed of all his kin and kith ; On Bentham ...
... bright historic fame but lately fledged ; To no loved object , save the ballot , pledged ; By travel taught less sharply to recoil From notions grown on Transatlantic soil ; Weaned from the creed of all his kin and kith ; On Bentham ...
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... Bright or Kinglake , should he miss his place at prayers . You may ask the girls to dinner , -add the urn , and call it tea . Well I know the ways of women when they get an evening free ! We shall sit with ranks unbroken , cheering on ...
... Bright or Kinglake , should he miss his place at prayers . You may ask the girls to dinner , -add the urn , and call it tea . Well I know the ways of women when they get an evening free ! We shall sit with ranks unbroken , cheering on ...
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... bright Flood the sleepless square with light ; Where behind the tables stand Gunter's deaf and voiceless band ; Where his own persuasive hoot Mingles with the strains of Coote , While , retiring and advancing , Softly through the ...
... bright Flood the sleepless square with light ; Where behind the tables stand Gunter's deaf and voiceless band ; Where his own persuasive hoot Mingles with the strains of Coote , While , retiring and advancing , Softly through the ...
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... capture of Pergamus . 2 In the London season of 1866 there was much gossip over the fact of Lord Russell having entertained Mr. Bright at dinner . Then surely it were best to drop an over - THE LADIES IN PARLIAMENT . 21.
... capture of Pergamus . 2 In the London season of 1866 there was much gossip over the fact of Lord Russell having entertained Mr. Bright at dinner . Then surely it were best to drop an over - THE LADIES IN PARLIAMENT . 21.
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... Bright prefers another . Let's rather speak of what was felt by us who value " Yeast " On learning who had led the choir at that triumphant feast Where Hampshire's town and county joined a civic wreath to fling O'er him , the great ...
... Bright prefers another . Let's rather speak of what was felt by us who value " Yeast " On learning who had led the choir at that triumphant feast Where Hampshire's town and county joined a civic wreath to fling O'er him , the great ...
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