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... which she cannot , unassisted , produce or maintain in the souls of her listeners . When she becomes the handmaid of piety , she finds herself adorned and enriched ( in another sense than Virgil's ) with a beauty and a wealth 4 PREFACE .
... which she cannot , unassisted , produce or maintain in the souls of her listeners . When she becomes the handmaid of piety , she finds herself adorned and enriched ( in another sense than Virgil's ) with a beauty and a wealth 4 PREFACE .
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With Occasional Notes George Barrell Cheever. sense than Virgil's ) with a beauty and a wealth that are not her own : Miraturque novos fructus , et non sua poma . All the pieces in this volume are of the purest moral character ; and ...
With Occasional Notes George Barrell Cheever. sense than Virgil's ) with a beauty and a wealth that are not her own : Miraturque novos fructus , et non sua poma . All the pieces in this volume are of the purest moral character ; and ...
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... beauty than Bryant None could draw an American landscape in truet colors , and throw more endearingly around it the charm of moral and devout reflection , than Wilcox . In the bold delineation of external scenery , and in painting human ...
... beauty than Bryant None could draw an American landscape in truet colors , and throw more endearingly around it the charm of moral and devout reflection , than Wilcox . In the bold delineation of external scenery , and in painting human ...
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... wasting there Its life and beauty ; not when , all unrolled , Leaf after leaf , its bosom , rich and fair , Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air . Wake , thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers , Lest 2 *
... wasting there Its life and beauty ; not when , all unrolled , Leaf after leaf , its bosom , rich and fair , Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air . Wake , thou that sleepest in enchanted bowers , Lest 2 *
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... beauty , mimicking The mystic signs of changeful Mazzaroth . Tam . Unheard of splendor ! Had . There they dwell , and muse , And wander ; Beings beautiful , immortal , Minds vast as heaven , capacious as the sky , Whose thoughts connect ...
... beauty , mimicking The mystic signs of changeful Mazzaroth . Tam . Unheard of splendor ! Had . There they dwell , and muse , And wander ; Beings beautiful , immortal , Minds vast as heaven , capacious as the sky , Whose thoughts connect ...
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