I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control.
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I am too high-born to be propertied, To be a secondary at control.
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It is not for Kings to drink wine, nor for Princes strong drink. It becomes not them who are highborn to be intemperate.
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His acquaintance with this high-born dame gave wit no opportunity of boasting its influence; she was not to be subdued by the powers of verse, but rejected his addresses, it is said, with disdain.
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The young Irishman was not a little touched and elated by the high-born damsel's partiality for him.
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