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... about ten minutes , he pro- ceeded to maintain that a hair and cinder " was one of the finest instru- ments that human wit ever invented ; But and to prove this , played a rhapsody upon it 4 . [ Oct. Shufflebotham's Dream .
... about ten minutes , he pro- ceeded to maintain that a hair and cinder " was one of the finest instru- ments that human wit ever invented ; But and to prove this , played a rhapsody upon it 4 . [ Oct. Shufflebotham's Dream .
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... human sacrifice . " How beautiful , beneath the morning sky , The level sea outstretches like a lake , Serene , when not a zephyr is awake To curl the gilded pendant gliding by : -- Within a bowshot druid Icolmkill ROGERS . Presents its ...
... human sacrifice . " How beautiful , beneath the morning sky , The level sea outstretches like a lake , Serene , when not a zephyr is awake To curl the gilded pendant gliding by : -- Within a bowshot druid Icolmkill ROGERS . Presents its ...
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... human shapes , and are stedfastly resisted . At last comes the moment of peril . The form arose the face was in a veil , The voice was low , and often check'd with sighs ; The tale it utter'd was a simple tale ; A vow to close a dying ...
... human shapes , and are stedfastly resisted . At last comes the moment of peril . The form arose the face was in a veil , The voice was low , and often check'd with sighs ; The tale it utter'd was a simple tale ; A vow to close a dying ...
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... human interest . It is only playing with his strength to la- vish so much splendour on a story , the chief merit of which , after all he has done , must be admitted to lie in the first conception . There is another poem in the vo- lume ...
... human interest . It is only playing with his strength to la- vish so much splendour on a story , the chief merit of which , after all he has done , must be admitted to lie in the first conception . There is another poem in the vo- lume ...
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... human footstep , save one stone On which our hero found he had been placed , But how he knew not - from his heart a groan , A piteous groan proceeds " I must have faced The east instead of west " -another moan ! " Ohone ! ohone ! I've ...
... human footstep , save one stone On which our hero found he had been placed , But how he knew not - from his heart a groan , A piteous groan proceeds " I must have faced The east instead of west " -another moan ! " Ohone ! ohone ! I've ...
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