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“Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.”
Provenance
- Source:
- She is not Fair.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 69ca7cd54efc8934b1b1856c3d5abca1f6f8477669fcbe7fb4dcf9475dabc18a
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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