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... turned with disgust from the finery of Guarini , as tawdry , and as paltry as the rags of a chimney - sweeper on May - day Whatever ornaments she wears are of massive gold , not only dazzling to the sight , but capable of standing the ...
... turned with disgust from the finery of Guarini , as tawdry , and as paltry as the rags of a chimney - sweeper on May - day Whatever ornaments she wears are of massive gold , not only dazzling to the sight , but capable of standing the ...
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... turned into arid wastes , still marked out by formal boundaries , Thus liberty , partially , indeed , and transient- still retaining the traces of old cultivation , but ly , revisited Italy ; and with liberty came com- yielding neither ...
... turned into arid wastes , still marked out by formal boundaries , Thus liberty , partially , indeed , and transient- still retaining the traces of old cultivation , but ly , revisited Italy ; and with liberty came com- yielding neither ...
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Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. as a stimulant . They turned with loathing from the atrocity of the strangers who seemed to love blood for its own sake , who , not con- tent with subjugating , were impatient to de- stroy ; who ...
Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay. as a stimulant . They turned with loathing from the atrocity of the strangers who seemed to love blood for its own sake , who , not con- tent with subjugating , were impatient to de- stroy ; who ...
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... turned the iron leaves of its dark book To make new dooms , or mend what it mistook . " How exquisite is the imagery of the fairy- songs in the Tempest and the Midsummer Night's Dream ; Ariel riding through the twi- light on the bat ...
... turned the iron leaves of its dark book To make new dooms , or mend what it mistook . " How exquisite is the imagery of the fairy- songs in the Tempest and the Midsummer Night's Dream ; Ariel riding through the twi- light on the bat ...
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... turned his powers in a new direction , with success the most splendid and decisive . His taste had gradually awakened his creative fa- culties . The first rank in poetry was beyond his reach , but he challenged and secured the most ...
... turned his powers in a new direction , with success the most splendid and decisive . His taste had gradually awakened his creative fa- culties . The first rank in poetry was beyond his reach , but he challenged and secured the most ...
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