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... poems she seemed to know and to like . But she told me that she did not get a great deal of leisure for reading . When one thinks of all the books she has written , and she herself could not tell me the exact num- ber , but it must be ...
... poems she seemed to know and to like . But she told me that she did not get a great deal of leisure for reading . When one thinks of all the books she has written , and she herself could not tell me the exact num- ber , but it must be ...
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... crocuses ( C. nudi- florus ) were the subject of a charming little poem of Mrs. Gilbert - the Ann Taylor of the Original Poems and Nursery Rhymes - a lament for the fields that were built over , yielding FEBRUARY 35.
... crocuses ( C. nudi- florus ) were the subject of a charming little poem of Mrs. Gilbert - the Ann Taylor of the Original Poems and Nursery Rhymes - a lament for the fields that were built over , yielding FEBRUARY 35.
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... poem on English history , beginning— William the First , for his valour well known , By the battle of Hastings ascended the throne ; His Acts were all made in the Norman tongue , And at eight every evening the curfew was rung , At which ...
... poem on English history , beginning— William the First , for his valour well known , By the battle of Hastings ascended the throne ; His Acts were all made in the Norman tongue , And at eight every evening the curfew was rung , At which ...
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... German botanist . Lonicera was the infant's name in a poem of Crabbe's , and she was better off than one I have been told of who was christened ' Sarsaparilla , ' because the parents had seen it 152 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
... German botanist . Lonicera was the infant's name in a poem of Crabbe's , and she was better off than one I have been told of who was christened ' Sarsaparilla , ' because the parents had seen it 152 AN OLD WOMAN'S OUTLOOK.
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... Poems , etc. Illustr . from Blake's own Works . By ALEXANDER GIL- CHRIST . 2 vols . Med . 8vo . 42s . BOLEYN ( Anne ) : A CHAPTER OF ENGLISH HISTORY , 1527-36 . BY PAUL FRIEDMANN . 2 vols . 8vo . 28s . BROOKE ( Sir Jas . ) , THE RAJA OF ...
... Poems , etc. Illustr . from Blake's own Works . By ALEXANDER GIL- CHRIST . 2 vols . Med . 8vo . 42s . BOLEYN ( Anne ) : A CHAPTER OF ENGLISH HISTORY , 1527-36 . BY PAUL FRIEDMANN . 2 vols . 8vo . 28s . BROOKE ( Sir Jas . ) , THE RAJA OF ...
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