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They say sin touches not a man so near As shame a woman; yet he too should be Part of the penance, being more deep than she Set in the sin.
They say sin touches not a man so near As shame a woman; yet he too should be Part of the penance, being more deep than she Set in the sin.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 712 · quotation 6 · Swinburne · Tristram of Lyonesse. Sailing of the Swallow. L. 360.
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