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... wild traditions of the North ; the French and Italian narratives of bold exploit , or idolatrous devotion to the Sex ; and those oriental tales , whose high - coloured conceptions of supernatural agency , royal grandeur , and superb ...
... wild traditions of the North ; the French and Italian narratives of bold exploit , or idolatrous devotion to the Sex ; and those oriental tales , whose high - coloured conceptions of supernatural agency , royal grandeur , and superb ...
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... wild and wanton herd , Or race of youthful and unhandled colts , Fetching mad bounds , bellowing , and neighing loud , Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound , Or any air of music touch ...
... wild and wanton herd , Or race of youthful and unhandled colts , Fetching mad bounds , bellowing , and neighing loud , Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound , Or any air of music touch ...
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... wild ? How shall we breathe in other air Less pure , accustomed to immortal fruits ? FROM THE SAME . BOOK XI . To whom thus Michael . Death thou hast seen In his first shape on man ; but many shapes Hath Death , and many are the ways ...
... wild ? How shall we breathe in other air Less pure , accustomed to immortal fruits ? FROM THE SAME . BOOK XI . To whom thus Michael . Death thou hast seen In his first shape on man ; but many shapes Hath Death , and many are the ways ...
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... wild . And ever against eating cares , Lap me in soft Lydian airs , Married to immortal verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed , and giddy ...
... wild . And ever against eating cares , Lap me in soft Lydian airs , Married to immortal verse , Such as the meeting soul may pierce , In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out , With wanton heed , and giddy ...
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... wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown , And all their echoes , mourn . The willows , and the hazel copses green , Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays . As killing as the canker to the rose , Or ...
... wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown , And all their echoes , mourn . The willows , and the hazel copses green , Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays . As killing as the canker to the rose , Or ...
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