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The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the Lives of ... - Page 169
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English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin

William Peacock - English literature - 1903 - 408 pages
...innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons...passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling...
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The Works of Matthew Arnold, Volume 7

Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 586 pages
...their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers, amid a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.' Or, even, with many, it is that of a kind of perfected middle-class home, with labour ended, the table...
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History of English Literature...

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1904 - 524 pages
...glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of -the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could...of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of im eagle, that I might 196 THE CLASSIC AGE., BOOK m. fly away to those happy seats ; but the Genius...
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Matthew Arnold and His Relation to the Thought of Our Time: An Appreciation ...

William Harbutt Dawson - Great Britain - 1904 - 482 pages
...their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers, amid a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.' Or dead. Heine bad called him ' the Messiah of the nineteenth century,' and many people were convinced...
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Matthew Arnold and His Relation to the Thought of Our Time

William Harbutt Dawson - 1904 - 552 pages
...their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers, amid a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.' Or dead. Heine had called him ' the Messiah of the nineteenth century,' and many people were convinced...
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Selections from the Writings of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1905 - 422 pages
...islands, that were covered with " fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shin" ing seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed...the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or 25 " resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused har" mony of singing birds, falling waters,...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 422 pages
...innumerable islands, that were covered with 5 fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons...heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the side of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused bar- 10 mony of singing...
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Selections from the Writings of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pages
...islands, that were covered with " fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shin" ing seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed...habits with garlands upon their heads, passing "among trie trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or 25 " resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear...
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Selections from the Writings of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pages
...garlands upon their heads, passing " among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or 25 " resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused har"mony of singing birds, falling waters, humane voices, and " musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the dis" covery of so delightful...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 426 pages
...in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the side of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused har- 10 mony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew...
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