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... bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local ... body . And , as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark ...
... bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local ... body . And , as the magic lantern acts best in a dark room , poetry effects its purpose most completely in a dark ...
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... body . We shall proceed to notice some of the peculiarities which distinguished him from his contempo- raries . And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that ...
... body . We shall proceed to notice some of the peculiarities which distinguished him from his contempo- raries . And , for that purpose , it is necessary to take a short survey of the parties into which the political world was at that ...
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... body of the last Sforza . It excited for one moment an honest ambition in the false heart of Pes- cara . Ferocity and insolence were not among the vices of the national character . To the discriminating cruelties of politicians , com ...
... body of the last Sforza . It excited for one moment an honest ambition in the false heart of Pes- cara . Ferocity and insolence were not among the vices of the national character . To the discriminating cruelties of politicians , com ...
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... body is covered with hair and quills . And when all this had been said , would any one of the auditors have formed a just idea of a porcupine ? Would any two of them have formed the same idea ? There might exist innumerable races of ani ...
... body is covered with hair and quills . And when all this had been said , would any one of the auditors have formed a just idea of a porcupine ? Would any two of them have formed the same idea ? There might exist innumerable races of ani ...
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... body , he would produce Yet the effect of these early performances , something compared with which the High - imperfect as they must necessarily be , is im- lander at the door of the snuff - shop would de- mense . All deficiencies are ...
... body , he would produce Yet the effect of these early performances , something compared with which the High - imperfect as they must necessarily be , is im- lander at the door of the snuff - shop would de- mense . All deficiencies are ...
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