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... tale deny . Because straight upwards on the tree The Ivy sends her shoot , Nor feeds upon the stem she climbs , For earth supports her root . The tiny root - lets , here and there , That hold her in her place , Like clinging fingers ...
... tale deny . Because straight upwards on the tree The Ivy sends her shoot , Nor feeds upon the stem she climbs , For earth supports her root . The tiny root - lets , here and there , That hold her in her place , Like clinging fingers ...
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... tale Of a poor town - bred boy ! ' Twas Summer , and the August sun Beat down into the street , And through my dusty window came The sound of willing feet . A troop of children , loosed from school , To keep their holiday , For country ...
... tale Of a poor town - bred boy ! ' Twas Summer , and the August sun Beat down into the street , And through my dusty window came The sound of willing feet . A troop of children , loosed from school , To keep their holiday , For country ...
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... tale , She , too , was in the Spring - tide born , Yet woeful is her lay . " I hear the pensive nightingale Melodiously complain ; She is a lady full of cares , A dark brown dress she always wears ; But say , must I be always sad ...
... tale , She , too , was in the Spring - tide born , Yet woeful is her lay . " I hear the pensive nightingale Melodiously complain ; She is a lady full of cares , A dark brown dress she always wears ; But say , must I be always sad ...
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... TALES OF THE VAUDOIS . By the Author of " Sunlight through the Mist , " & c . Frontispiece by J. GILBERT . Royal 16mo ... Tale of the Incas - The Soldier and Musi- cian - The Rich Man and his Son - The Avalanche - Flint and Steel - Songs ...
... TALES OF THE VAUDOIS . By the Author of " Sunlight through the Mist , " & c . Frontispiece by J. GILBERT . Royal 16mo ... Tale of the Incas - The Soldier and Musi- cian - The Rich Man and his Son - The Avalanche - Flint and Steel - Songs ...
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... Tale . By OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Printed by Whittingham . With Eight Illustrations from Drawings by JOHN ABSOLON . Square fcap 8vo , price 5s . cloth ; 6s . cloth elegant , gilt edges ; 10s . 6d . antique morocco . " We believe that it was ...
... Tale . By OLIVER GOLDSMITH . Printed by Whittingham . With Eight Illustrations from Drawings by JOHN ABSOLON . Square fcap 8vo , price 5s . cloth ; 6s . cloth elegant , gilt edges ; 10s . 6d . antique morocco . " We believe that it was ...
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