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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PER-CONTRA, OR MATRIMONIAL BALANCE, by GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING Poet's Biography
First Line: How strange, a deaf wife to prefer!
Last Line: True, but she's also dumb, good sir.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
First Line: How strange, a deaf wife to prefer!
Last Line: True, but she's also dumb, good sir.
Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives
How strange, a deaf wife to prefer!
True, but she's also dumb, good sir.
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MENDAX by GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING
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