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Dr. Edward Maris, in his 1869 book on 1794 cents, identified the varieties with colorful names such as Young Head, Mint Marked Head, The Coquette, Fallen 4, Abrupt Hair, Patagonian, Amatory Face, and Venus Marina.
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Although its subtitle indicated its literary status ( "A Political and Amatory Romance"), The
Framing Romantic Dress: Mary Robinson, Princess Caroline and the Sex/Text 2006
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Amatory Pleasures, in Athen.viii. 13, attributed to Polycrates the
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Sophist; (10) Protagorides, Amatory Conversations; (11) Sotades, the Mantinæan who, says Suidas, wrote the poem
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“Cinædica”; (12) Sphodrias the Cynic, his Art of Love; and (13) Trepsicles, Amatory Pleasures.
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Kiss, Ceremonial, Amicable, Amatory, etc. -- in the worst French sentimental style.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Maisie Ward 1932
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Torres, in the preface to his "Amatory Poems" _ "sean puras y castas, importo muy poco que no sean igualmente severas sus obras" _ -- meaning, in plain English, that, provided the morals of an author are pure personally, it signifies nothing what are the morals of his books.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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It would be a clever thing, too, in the way of poetical justice, to keep him there until his "Amatory Poems" get out of print, or are laid definitely upon the shelf through lack of readers.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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'Dalmatia as a Health Resort,' and 'Amatory Poetry Among the Primitive
The Patient Observer And His Friends Simeon Strunsky 1913
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