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be Or whether his eyes are dark
I little care, Whatever the hue may be, Or whether his eyes are dark or light; If his tongue be true and his honor bright, He is still the boy for me.
— from The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 by Various

body over which he exercises a dictatorial
"He is master of the ceremonies at burials and mourning assemblies, grand marshal at funeral processions, the only true yeoman of the body, over which he exercises a dictatorial authority from the moment that the breath has taken leave to that of its final commitment to the earth.
— from The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb

body over which he exercises a dictatorial
Character of an Undertaker "He is master of the ceremonies at burials and mourning assemblies, grand marshal at funeral processions, the only [Pg 111] true yeoman of the body, over which he exercises a dictatorial authority from the moment that the breath has taken leave to that of its final commitment to the earth.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

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