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Be she as foul as was Florentius 'love, As old as Sibyl, and as curst and shrewd As Socrates' Xantippe, or a worse, She moves me not, or not removes, at least, Affection's edge in me, were she as rough As are the swelling Adriatic seas.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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On one more link being fixed to Affection's chain;
The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses J. C. Manning
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Miss Mills was conversational for a few minutes, and then, laying down her pen upon 'Affection's Dirge', got up, and left the room.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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But Julia keeps no diary in these days; never sings Affection's Dirge; eternally quarrels with the old Scotch Croesus, who is a sort of yellow bear with a tanned hide.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Miss Mills was copying music (I recollect, it was a new song, called 'Affection's Dirge'), and Dora was painting flowers.
David Copperfield Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1917
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Affection's a warm cloak in cold weather; and I have been cold; and I shall keep on growing colder!
'Copy': A Dialogue 1900
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Affection's a warm cloak in cold weather; and I have been cold; and I shall keep on growing colder!
'Copy': A Dialogue 1900
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Affection's a warm cloak in cold weather; and I _have_ been cold; and I shall keep on growing colder!
Crucial Instances Edith Wharton 1899
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Affection's strongest ties could not have produced
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Affection's strongest ties could not have produced
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