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My Name Is Norval; On The Grampian Hills My Father Feeds His Flock
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My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain,
Whose constant cares were to increase his store,
And keep his only son, myself, at home.
-- John Home (1724-1808)
-- Douglas, Act ii, Sc. 1
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In the first days Of my distracting grief, I found myself As women wish to be who love their lords.
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The man that lays his hand upon a woman, Save in the way of kindness, is a wretch Whom 't were gross flattery to name a coward.
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Didst thou never hear That things ill got had ever bad success?
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Who may, in the ambush of my name, strike home. -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Measure for Measure -- Act i, Sc.
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