Public Characters, Volume 8R. Phillips, 1806 |
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... them : Why I , in this weak piping time of peace , Have no delight to pass away the time , Unless to spy my shadow in the sun , And descant on my own deformity . " Z3 Naya : Nay , now dispatch ; ' twas I that CAPTAIN THOMAS MORRIS . 341.
... them : Why I , in this weak piping time of peace , Have no delight to pass away the time , Unless to spy my shadow in the sun , And descant on my own deformity . " Z3 Naya : Nay , now dispatch ; ' twas I that CAPTAIN THOMAS MORRIS . 341.
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