Can I view thee panting, lying On thy stomach, without sighing; Can I …

Charles Dickens
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Can I view thee panting, lying On thy stomach, without sighing; Can I unmoved see thee dying On a log Expiring frog! ✨ Charles Dickens (2016). The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, p.169, Pan Macmillan
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Can I view thee panting, lying On thy stomach, without sighing; Can I unmoved see thee dying On a log Expiring frog! ✨ Charles Dickens (2016). The Pickwick Papers: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, p.169, Pan Macmillan

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