Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 - English literature |
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Page 162
... living meet ; and here to hold the field Were but a deadly victory , and my hand The mockery of a conqueror's ; we should pass No less their prisoners from the field thus won Than from these lists defeated . You do well ; They dare not ...
... living meet ; and here to hold the field Were but a deadly victory , and my hand The mockery of a conqueror's ; we should pass No less their prisoners from the field thus won Than from these lists defeated . You do well ; They dare not ...
Page 377
... living , or living in 1848. The anticipated period we may assume to be the close of the last century ; and be- tween 1685 - the date of the accession of James II . - and 1800 , we have one hundred and fifteen years , of which Lord ...
... living , or living in 1848. The anticipated period we may assume to be the close of the last century ; and be- tween 1685 - the date of the accession of James II . - and 1800 , we have one hundred and fifteen years , of which Lord ...
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... living in death . Mean weeds , which her own hand has mended , at- tire the Queen of the World . The death - hurdle , where thou sittest pale , motionless , which only curses environ , has to stop ; a people , drunk with vengeance ...
... living in death . Mean weeds , which her own hand has mended , at- tire the Queen of the World . The death - hurdle , where thou sittest pale , motionless , which only curses environ , has to stop ; a people , drunk with vengeance ...
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