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I know how soon youth would fade and bloom perish, if, in the cup of bliss offered, but one dreg of shame, or one flavour of remorse were detected; an...more

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Youth is gone -- gone -- and will never come back: can't help it.

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Little girl, a memory without blot or contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment:is it not?

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It is a very strange sensation to inexperience youth to feel itself quite alone the world, cut adrift from every connection, uncertain whether the por...more

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. . . at eighteen the true narrative of life is yet to becommenced. Before that time we sit listening to a tale, a marvelous fiction, delightful somet...more

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I held a brief debate with myself as to whether I should change my ordinary attire for something smarter. At last I concluded it would be a waste of l...more