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Page 133
... wish some hapless specimen of mankind would be- gin To tidy up the world for me , by picking up this pin . Ella Wheeler Wilcox . THE WHISTLER " You have heard , " said a youth to his sweetheart , who stood While he sat on a corn - sheaf ...
... wish some hapless specimen of mankind would be- gin To tidy up the world for me , by picking up this pin . Ella Wheeler Wilcox . THE WHISTLER " You have heard , " said a youth to his sweetheart , who stood While he sat on a corn - sheaf ...
Page 562
... wish that I might get it back ? " I answered , " To be sure I do ! -it's what I come about . " He smiled and said , " Sir , does your mother know that you are out ? " Not knowing what to do , I thought I'd hasten back to town , And beg ...
... wish that I might get it back ? " I answered , " To be sure I do ! -it's what I come about . " He smiled and said , " Sir , does your mother know that you are out ? " Not knowing what to do , I thought I'd hasten back to town , And beg ...
Page 814
... wish we warfare ? wherefore welcome won Xerxes , Xantippus , Xavier , Xenophon ? Yield , ye young Yaghier yeomen , yield your yell ! Zimmerman's , Zoroaster's , Zeno's zeal Again attract ; arts against arms appeal . All , all ambitious ...
... wish we warfare ? wherefore welcome won Xerxes , Xantippus , Xavier , Xenophon ? Yield , ye young Yaghier yeomen , yield your yell ! Zimmerman's , Zoroaster's , Zeno's zeal Again attract ; arts against arms appeal . All , all ambitious ...
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