Proverbial Folk-loreR.J. Clark, 1881 - 173 pagine |
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Pagina 3
... heaven ? There are no women , he replies ; She quick returns the jest , Women there are , but I'm afraid They cannot find a priest ! ' Women there are , ' no doubt , and in abundance , as ready of retort as the sprightly Sylvia , but ...
... heaven ? There are no women , he replies ; She quick returns the jest , Women there are , but I'm afraid They cannot find a priest ! ' Women there are , ' no doubt , and in abundance , as ready of retort as the sprightly Sylvia , but ...
Pagina 33
... heaven ! This blessing lasts , if those who try say true As long as heart can wish - and longer too ! These last words considerably change the whole character of the passage ; but we have good , honest appreciation in those other lines ...
... heaven ! This blessing lasts , if those who try say true As long as heart can wish - and longer too ! These last words considerably change the whole character of the passage ; but we have good , honest appreciation in those other lines ...
Pagina 54
... Heaven had altered his doom , Not forced him to rove , but confined him at home . A question is also said to have been asked of men of the three Nationalities , the answers to which are no less characteristic , ' What will you take to ...
... Heaven had altered his doom , Not forced him to rove , but confined him at home . A question is also said to have been asked of men of the three Nationalities , the answers to which are no less characteristic , ' What will you take to ...
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