The New Monthly Magazine and Literary JournalHenry Colburn and Company, 1834 - English literature |
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... Tiresias at his rubber . TRAVELLERS who have left their homes generally grow mournful as the evening draws on ; nor is there , perhaps , any time at which the pensive influence of twilight is more predominant than on the eve that ...
... Tiresias at his rubber . TRAVELLERS who have left their homes generally grow mournful as the evening draws on ; nor is there , perhaps , any time at which the pensive influence of twilight is more predominant than on the eve that ...
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Tiresias , you who are such a fine player , how came you to trump my best card ? " " Because I wanted the lead . And those who want to lead , please your Majesty , must never hesitate about sacrificing their friends . " " I believe you ...
Tiresias , you who are such a fine player , how came you to trump my best card ? " " Because I wanted the lead . And those who want to lead , please your Majesty , must never hesitate about sacrificing their friends . " " I believe you ...
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... Tiresias , " will bring us to the palace of Saturn . We shall arrive for dinner - the right hour . Let me re- commend your Majesty to order the curtains of your litter to be drawn , and , if possible , to resume your dreams . " They ...
... Tiresias , " will bring us to the palace of Saturn . We shall arrive for dinner - the right hour . Let me re- commend your Majesty to order the curtains of your litter to be drawn , and , if possible , to resume your dreams . " They ...
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... Tiresias himself , informed her Majesty that these were the ladies of her bedchamber ; upon which Proserpine , who , it will be remembered , had no passion for dogs , ordered them im- mediately out of her room . " What a droll place ...
... Tiresias himself , informed her Majesty that these were the ladies of her bedchamber ; upon which Proserpine , who , it will be remembered , had no passion for dogs , ordered them im- mediately out of her room . " What a droll place ...
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... Tiresias , " said old Saturn , who was half in love with his fair friend , " and we will steal upon them unperceived . " So saying , the God struck the earth with his cane , and there instantly sprang forth a very convenient car , built ...
... Tiresias , " said old Saturn , who was half in love with his fair friend , " and we will steal upon them unperceived . " So saying , the God struck the earth with his cane , and there instantly sprang forth a very convenient car , built ...
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