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I never nursed a dear Gazelle to glad me with its soft black eye, but when it came to know me well, and love me, it was sure to marry a market-gardener. - Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop (ch. LVI) The gazelles so gentle and clever Skip lightly in frolicsome mood. - Heinrich Heine, Book of Songs, Lyrical (interlude no. 9) I never nurs'd a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. - Thomas Moore, The Fire Worshippers I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side. - probably by James Payn, a parody of Moore's gazelle quote, probably by James Payn, appeared in Chambers' Journal
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