Her beauty, rank, fashion and wealth—and bright
The gas shone o’er fair women and spruce men.”
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The Chinese War, 1856-7.[108]
There was a sound of orat’ry by night,
And Britain’s capital had gathered then
Her parliament’ry chivalry, and bright
The gas shone o’er these intellectual men;
Six hundred hearts beat hopefully; and when