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“Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.”
Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg. Her Christening http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_3.htm#115, st. 10 (1841-1843). <br class="br">1840s
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