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I'll woo her as the lion woos his brides.
I'll woo her as the lion woos his brides.
Approximate author period: c. 1766 AD · early modern
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- John Home
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- Approximate author period: c. 1766 AD · early modern
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 900 · quotation 7 · John Home · Douglas. Act I. Sc. 1.
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