The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... lady sat within her bower , And strove to while the passing hour With music's holy strain . There , as she , graceful , swept the strings , The airy gush on echo's wings Seem'd floating to remain- The splendor of the changing cheek ...
... lady sat within her bower , And strove to while the passing hour With music's holy strain . There , as she , graceful , swept the strings , The airy gush on echo's wings Seem'd floating to remain- The splendor of the changing cheek ...
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... lady shriek'd : " Oh , say not so : To - morrow , ere the sun is low , The laurel - crown shall gird thy brow . My Roland , live for me . " " No , Clara , it were vain to tell What omens urge this sad farewell To happiness and thee ...
... lady shriek'd : " Oh , say not so : To - morrow , ere the sun is low , The laurel - crown shall gird thy brow . My Roland , live for me . " " No , Clara , it were vain to tell What omens urge this sad farewell To happiness and thee ...
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Eton miscellany William Ewart Gladstone. The lady rose - no tears would flow ; The warm blood gush'd across her brow , E'en as she gather'd strength ; Convuls'd in agony , yet still She bow'd her torture to her will , And calmly spoke at ...
Eton miscellany William Ewart Gladstone. The lady rose - no tears would flow ; The warm blood gush'd across her brow , E'en as she gather'd strength ; Convuls'd in agony , yet still She bow'd her torture to her will , And calmly spoke at ...
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... lady of delicate nerves , and exquisite sensibility . " ( Two o'clock . ) Attended a christening . - N . B. A truant nail in the corner of the stool tore my pantaloons . " ( Three o'clock . ) Ditto . In my hurry to go from one church to ...
... lady of delicate nerves , and exquisite sensibility . " ( Two o'clock . ) Attended a christening . - N . B. A truant nail in the corner of the stool tore my pantaloons . " ( Three o'clock . ) Ditto . In my hurry to go from one church to ...
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... lady or gentleman should be disposed to ask how it was printed there , & c . I must refer them to that respectable Mandarin , with a name that nobody can speak , and nobody can spell - the editor of " Napoleon in the other World , " who ...
... lady or gentleman should be disposed to ask how it was printed there , & c . I must refer them to that respectable Mandarin , with a name that nobody can speak , and nobody can spell - the editor of " Napoleon in the other World , " who ...
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