Selected Prose Works of G.E. LessingG. Bell and Sons, 1890 - 493 |
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Strona 139 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up— And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them...
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