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Page 51
... pretty , He painted up the city , And Mæcenas paid the freight ! Eugene Field . PROPINQUITY NEEDED CELESTINE Silvousplait Justine de Mouton Rosalie , A coryphée who lived and danced in naughty , gay Paree , Was every bit as pretty as a ...
... pretty , He painted up the city , And Mæcenas paid the freight ! Eugene Field . PROPINQUITY NEEDED CELESTINE Silvousplait Justine de Mouton Rosalie , A coryphée who lived and danced in naughty , gay Paree , Was every bit as pretty as a ...
Page 306
... pretty mistake , quoth the Devil ; A pretty mistake I opine ! I have put many ill thoughts in his mouth , He will never put good ones in mine . And whoever shall say that to Porson These best of all verses belong , He is an untruth ...
... pretty mistake , quoth the Devil ; A pretty mistake I opine ! I have put many ill thoughts in his mouth , He will never put good ones in mine . And whoever shall say that to Porson These best of all verses belong , He is an untruth ...
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... pretty little Alice grew more settled in her mind , She nevermore was guilty of a weakness of the kind , Until at length good Robber Brown bestowed her pretty hand On the promising young robber , the lieutenant of his band . W. S. ...
... pretty little Alice grew more settled in her mind , She nevermore was guilty of a weakness of the kind , Until at length good Robber Brown bestowed her pretty hand On the promising young robber , the lieutenant of his band . W. S. ...
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