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The apples that grew on the fruit-tree of knowledge By woman were pluck'd, and she still wears the prize To tempt us in theatre, senate, or college— I mean the love-apples that bloom in the eyes.
The apples that grew on the fruit-tree of knowledge By woman were pluck'd, and she still wears the prize To tempt us in theatre, senate, or college— I mean the love-apples that bloom in the eyes.
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- Horace and James Smith (identity unresolved)
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Printed page 37 · quotation 20 · Horace and James Smith · Rejected Addresses.The Living Lustres, by T. M. 5
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