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Though it is a rule of life that a train or other public place may contain any number of corfes but only one newspaper, it is quite possible to transform your own perfectly ordinary newspaper into a corfe by the simple expedient of letting somebody else read it.
The Meaning of Liff Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1983
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Not like a corfe; or if, not to be buried But quick, and in mine anns.
Works 1795
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And mourn you for him: let him be regarded As the moft noble corfe, that ever herald Did follow to his utnJ
The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of ... 1793
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There lies your bleeding child i There lies your tender wife; will tears again Her lifelefs corfe reanimate?
Tragedies: By Hugh Downman, M.D. Hugh Downman 1792
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Susanna's vigil. tj Since low beneath the hallowM mould Her William's clay-cold corfe was laid.
Poems 1791
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Shall my poor corfe, from hoftile realms convey'd,
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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That their difhonour'd corfe, Ihut from the verge Of hallow'd earth, or tutelary fane,
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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And fhall that vefTel, vvhofe approaching fails Shall fwell her breaft with extafies, convey Death to her hopes, and anguilh to her foul i No! may the deep my viilain-corfe devour.
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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Of thofe lov'd flowers the Ufelefs corfe may iharej -
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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And down the waves he floats, a pale and breathlefs corfe '
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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