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... Since once I sat upon a promontory , of Sir John de Stradling . A. HALL . And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil at her song , Stewart's Rooms ( 8th S. iii .
... Since once I sat upon a promontory , of Sir John de Stradling . A. HALL . And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath That the rude sea grew civil at her song , Stewart's Rooms ( 8th S. iii .
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