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Here's adieu to earth and all things gay, to home and friends adieu,
Howard Carey 1997
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I bid that girl adieu, poor boys, I bid that girl adieu,
Danville Girl (2) 1963
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So her Guests took their leave, with a friendly adieu,
The Peacock and Parrot, on their Tour to Discover the Author of "The Peacock At Home" Unknown
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William Shenstone. (17141763) (continued) 4139So sweetly she bade me adieu,
Quotations 1919
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Written on a Window of an Inn. 2So sweetly she bade me adieu,
Quotations 1919
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The impermanence of things oppresses him, for he says in an adieu,
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'' TR -- rS, old England, old England, I bid thee adieu,
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` ` Perhaps so; but no lighter heart shall; and, to prevent it being made heavier by your remonstrances, I will bid you adieu,
The Black Dwarf 1898
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Till beside the brazen cannon the betrothèd bade adieu,
California Romantic and Resourceful; : a plea for the collection, preservation and diffusion of information relating to Pacific coast history John Francis Davis 1894
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Till beside the brazen cannon the betrothèd bade adieu,
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California George Wharton James 1890
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