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... maturer ages With pushing local bills through all their stages ; Consigned the dry routine of public life To legislators furnished with a wife ; And thought it much if once in twenty nights They 10 THE LADIES IN PARLIAMENT .
... maturer ages With pushing local bills through all their stages ; Consigned the dry routine of public life To legislators furnished with a wife ; And thought it much if once in twenty nights They 10 THE LADIES IN PARLIAMENT .
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And Other Pieces George Otto Trevelyan. And thought it much if once in twenty nights They sauntered down to swell the party fights . But now what fond regrets pervade my breast To note a stripling , from some lofty nest Of bright ...
And Other Pieces George Otto Trevelyan. And thought it much if once in twenty nights They sauntered down to swell the party fights . But now what fond regrets pervade my breast To note a stripling , from some lofty nest Of bright ...
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... thought fit to divide . When all that is clever at Arthur's or White's Has set itself down for the gayest of nights ; - When the steward is warned , and the cook has a hint To see there be neither redundance nor stint , That the ...
... thought fit to divide . When all that is clever at Arthur's or White's Has set itself down for the gayest of nights ; - When the steward is warned , and the cook has a hint To see there be neither redundance nor stint , That the ...
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... thought of ten . They dwelt above the foulest drains . They breathed the closest air . They had their yearly twinge of gout , and little seemed to care . They set those meddling people down for Jacobins or fools Who talked of public ...
... thought of ten . They dwelt above the foulest drains . They breathed the closest air . They had their yearly twinge of gout , and little seemed to care . They set those meddling people down for Jacobins or fools Who talked of public ...
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And Other Pieces George Otto Trevelyan. And , though they thought if trade were free that England ne'er would thrive , They freely gave their blood for Moore , and Wellington , and Clive . And , though they burned their coal at home ...
And Other Pieces George Otto Trevelyan. And , though they thought if trade were free that England ne'er would thrive , They freely gave their blood for Moore , and Wellington , and Clive . And , though they burned their coal at home ...
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