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The Birth Of Venus

Perfect paradigm of women On your godly surfboard skimming The wavy sea the fishes swim in, Blown by wind from lovers' faces Whilst the fairest of the graces In pregnant gown of......

The Taming Of The Shrewsbury

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The March of Mind Colin Welch THE IDEA OF PROGRESS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN by David Spadafora M ost top people in 18th-century Bri- tain, according to Mr Spadafora, who......