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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... once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur . The extensive propylæon , with the two obelisks , and colossal statues in the front ; the thick groups of enormous columns ; the variety of apartments , and the sanctuary it ...
... once one of the most splendid groups of Egyptian grandeur . The extensive propylæon , with the two obelisks , and colossal statues in the front ; the thick groups of enormous columns ; the variety of apartments , and the sanctuary it ...
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... once down the precipice , or disappeared behind some intervening ridge , which the sameness of colour rendered invisible , and was again seen soon after in another direction , shooting out of some narrow channel a cataract of white dust ...
... once down the precipice , or disappeared behind some intervening ridge , which the sameness of colour rendered invisible , and was again seen soon after in another direction , shooting out of some narrow channel a cataract of white dust ...
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... Once more , my harp ! once more , although I thought Never to wake thy silent strings again . A wandering dream thy gentle chords have wrought , And my sad heart , which long hath dwelt in pain , Soars , like a wild bird from a cypress ...
... Once more , my harp ! once more , although I thought Never to wake thy silent strings again . A wandering dream thy gentle chords have wrought , And my sad heart , which long hath dwelt in pain , Soars , like a wild bird from a cypress ...
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