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... present excellent Bishop Cheverus , who seemed made by nature and fitted by education and grace to soothe his griefs by sympathy , ( for he too had suffered ) to cheer him by the blandish- ments of taste and letters and all congenial ...
... present excellent Bishop Cheverus , who seemed made by nature and fitted by education and grace to soothe his griefs by sympathy , ( for he too had suffered ) to cheer him by the blandish- ments of taste and letters and all congenial ...
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... present time Taking his final leave of it , henceforth Part of eternity ! Already settled Its awful shadows round his brow , and clos'd His sunken eye - lids . One by one each sense Had yielded up its function . Can it be ? This ...
... present time Taking his final leave of it , henceforth Part of eternity ! Already settled Its awful shadows round his brow , and clos'd His sunken eye - lids . One by one each sense Had yielded up its function . Can it be ? This ...
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... presents you , now General Washington , or President Jefferson , then a Turk or an Indian , or a landscape ; there a griffin , a dragon , the sea - serpent , or gerrymander ; and again something not before seen or heard of , you know ...
... presents you , now General Washington , or President Jefferson , then a Turk or an Indian , or a landscape ; there a griffin , a dragon , the sea - serpent , or gerrymander ; and again something not before seen or heard of , you know ...
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... present a new aspect ; a new gilt name shines over the door , the sides of which , and the windows , are , all at once , dressed out in silks and stuffs , as brilliant as if some Eastern Sul- tan had arrived and taken up his residence ...
... present a new aspect ; a new gilt name shines over the door , the sides of which , and the windows , are , all at once , dressed out in silks and stuffs , as brilliant as if some Eastern Sul- tan had arrived and taken up his residence ...
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... presents a tree , bird , ship , and pot of beer , with these lines- Here's the tree that never grew , Here's the bird that never flew , Here's the ship that never sailed , And here's the can that never failed . But on trying his beer I ...
... presents a tree , bird , ship , and pot of beer , with these lines- Here's the tree that never grew , Here's the bird that never flew , Here's the ship that never sailed , And here's the can that never failed . But on trying his beer I ...
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Miscellanies Selected From the Public Journals (Classic Reprint) Joseph Tinker Buckingham No preview available - 2018 |
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