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 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his read more 
 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that 
they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that 
was on him:
 And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was 
empty, there was no water in it. 
 Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear an read more 
 Now old Tredgortha's dead and gone,
 We ne'er shall see him more;
  He used to wear an old grey coat,
   All buttoned down before. 
 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a 
pitchfork.  
 She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a 
pitchfork. 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a read more 
 Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,--
 You'll never see him more;
  He used to wear a long brown coat
   That buttoned down before. 
 Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
 And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt.  
 Their feet through faithless leather met the dirt,
 And oftener chang'd their principles than shirt. 
 Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
 She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
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 Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind
 She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;
  And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head
   Fell carelessly behind. 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for read more 
 Her polish'd limbs,
 Veil'd in a simple robe, their best attire;
  Beyond the pomp of dress; for Loveliness
   Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
    But is, when unadorn'd the most. 
 Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls.
 Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;
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 Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls.
 Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;
  Dresses to dance in, and flirt in, and talk in,
   Dresses in which to do nothing at all;
    Dresses for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall;
     All of them different in color and shape.
      Silk, muslin, and lace, velvet, satin, and crape,
       Brocade and broadcloth, and other material,
        Quite as expensive and much more ethereal. 
 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
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 And said to myself, as I lit my cigar,
 "Supposing a man had the wealth of the Czar
  Of the Russias to boot, for the rest of his days,
   On the whole do you think he would have much to spare
    If he married a woman with nothing to wear?"