Word: wille
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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A WILY old cat, having by her vigorous efforts well thinned out a colony of mice, had one day got within her reach a certain young mouse, almost the last survivor of his race. He begged the feline for his life and liberty. "I am," said he, "very young, and...
"Don't be impertinent, young man," said she. "You must be more respectful, or I will give a bad account of you on the Last Day."
"Ah, poor thing!" said Amy; "have you seen her? She is utterly out of her mind, and talks of nothing but Jacob's ladder. Do you think that Leicester will come to see me soon?"
What will you give me for my sonnet here?
Some lives will yet fear action's sea,