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boyhood [ˈbɔɪhʊd] n the state or time of being a boy his boyhood was happy Boyhood boys collectively, 1802. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations boyhood [ˈbɔɪhʊd] n → infanzia; (as teenager) → adolescenza boyhood [ˈbɔɪhʊd] n → infanzia; (as teenager) → adolescenza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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My passions, from that hapless hour, Usurp'd a tyranny which men Have deem'd, since I have reach'd to power; My innate nature - be it so: But, father, there liv'd one who, then, Then - in my boyhood - when their fire Burn'd with a still intenser glow,(For passion must, with youth, expire) E'en then who knew this iron heart In woman's weakness had a part. She was really a little gold-haired blue-eyed dryad, whose true home was a wild white cherry-tree that grew in some scattered woodland behind the old country-house of my boyhood. I thought that among those surroundings, with their recollections of his boyhood, Dirk Stroeve would forget his unhappiness. |
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