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A Portrait Richard Brinsley Sheridan	Yet she by fate’s perverseness—she alone Would doubt our truth, nor deem such praise her...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Bedfordshire Ballad. - III. Edward Woodley Bowling	But always had failed thro' perverseness and...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Book Twelfth [Imagination And Taste, How Impaired And Restored ] William Wordsworth	The morning shines, Nor heedeth Man's perverseness; Spring returns,-- I saw the Spring return, and could rejoice, In common with the children of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Daphne Jonathan Swift	Never hears what you can say; Still her odd perverseness shows Chiefly where she nothing knows; And, where she is most familiar, Always peevisher...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Foes Ella Wheeler Wilcox	With that perverseness born in man I nerved myself, and won the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ballade Of The Automobile Ellis Parker Butler	But when, with perverseness most condign, In the same harsh snowstorm, cold and keen, My auto stops at the six-mile...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The King's Experiment Thomas Hardy	Such mad perverseness who may...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Ladle. A Tale Matthew Prior	Could from our own perverseness ease us, And if our wish enjoy'd would please us, Discoursing largely on this theme, O'er...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To Stella, Who Collected and Transcribed His Poems Jonathan Swift	Conviction does but more incense; Perverseness is your whole defence; Truth, judgment, wit, give place to spite, Regardless both of wrong...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
To The Countess Of Bedford II John Donne	Virtue has some perverseness, for she will Neither believe her good, nor others'...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)

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