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Not that they were veritable sugar plu that

resembled them only as the apples of Sodom look like better fruit

They were concocted rain of oat, or some other

worthless kernel, in the midst Besides the hailstorm of confetti, the

combatants threw handfuls of flour or li

like s, whitened a black coat or

priestly robe, and made the curly locks of youth irreverently hoary

At the same time with this acrid contest of quicklime, which caused much

effusion of tears froentler warfare of flowers

was carried on, principally between knights and ladies Originally, no

doubt, when this pretty custom was first instituted, it may have had a

sincere andbouquets

of field flowers, or the sweetest and fairest that grew in their own

gardens, all fresh and virgin blosso thearded with a sentiment of shy partiality at

least, if not with love Often, the lover in the Corso ht mistress, in her father's princely balcony,

the first sweet intiainst a heart of