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Page 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
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| Title | The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Madrid |
| Author | David Humphreys |
| Publisher | T. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 May 2007 |
| Length | 394 pages |
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