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tears Of rivalship rose in each
The elder ladies' wrinkles curl'd much crisper As they beheld; the younger cast some leers On one another, and each lovely lisper Smiled as she talk'd the matter o'er; but tears Of rivalship rose in each clouded eye Of all the standing army who stood by.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

tears Of rivalship rose in each
The elder ladies' wrinkles curled much crisper As they beheld; the younger cast some leers On one another, and each lovely lisper Smiled as she talked the matter o'er; but tears Of rivalship rose in each clouded eye Of all the standing army who stood by.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

the only rule recognised in England
[92] It was, in fact, the only rule recognised in England during the whole of the Saxon period.
— from The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall: Divers Sketches and Studies by Thomas Taylor

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