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Some man of quality Who—breathing musk from lace-work and brocade, His solitaire amid the flow of frill, Powdered peruke on nose, and bag at back, And cane dependent from the ruffled wrist.— Harangues in silvery and selectest phrase, ’Neath waxlight in a glorified saloon Where mirrors multiply the girandole.
Some man of quality Who—breathing musk from lace-work and brocade, His solitaire amid the flow of frill, Powdered peruke on nose, and bag at back, And cane dependent from the ruffled wrist.— Harangues in silvery and selectest phrase, ’Neath waxlight in a glorified saloon Where mirrors multiply the girandole.
Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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- Robert Browning
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- Approximate author period: c. 1850 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 225 · printed citation: R. Browning (The Ring and the Book, I). · compiler notes excluded
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