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That I might say to him as Cowley to his Mistress,
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That I might say to him as Cowley to his Mistress,
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Holding them more than sword or jewelled Mistress,
India's Love Lyrics Laurence Hope 1884
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Half an hour previous, Juana had been urging on her workwomen with reminders that very little time was left before the dresses must be ready; but Maude had learned now that in the eyes of the Mistress,
The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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When they, however, reached their lodgings, our heroine found a letter addressed to her from Mrs. Gennings; it was as follows: — My dear and sweet Mistress,
Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829
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Well, well, she is the guest of our good Mistress,
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 4 Poems and Plays Charles Lamb 1804
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It shocks me like the Ghost of some forsaken Mistress,
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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-- Softly, Signior, I am that Page whose chiefest Business is to attend my Lord's Mistress,
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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Constant_ Alexis ', on the outside: I took it, and begg'd I might have leave to retire to write it over in my own hand; they permitted me, and I carried it, after sealing it, to _Dorillus_, who waited for it, and wondering to find his son's name on it, cried' Mistress,
Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister Aphra Behn 1664
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Thy Winnowing Sheet, I Ask You to Believe I was his Mistress,
Finnegans Wake 2006
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