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So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES.
So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES.
Approximate author period: c. 1798 AD · early modern
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- George Canning
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- Approximate author period: c. 1798 AD · early modern
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
The Loves of the Triangles. Line 178.
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