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Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

Curse away! And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens, And still come home to roost."

Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial

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Edward Bulwer Lytton
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Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

The Lady of Lyons. Act v. Sc. 2.

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