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A hand-book for travellers on the continent. [1st] [2 issues of the 16th and ... - Page 6
by John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1868
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The Indicatior: a Miscellany for the Fields and the Fireside, Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 540 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched mila ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - Humor - 1846 - 282 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the...
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets; with an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1846 - 410 pages
...did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched miles; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To catch the waves than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the...
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History of Civilisation, Volume 2

William Alexander Mackinnon - Civilization - 1846 - 428 pages
...they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre, their new catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
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History of Civilisation and Public Opinion: Continental States of Europe ...

William Alexander Mackinnon - Civilization - 1849 - 424 pages
...they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre, their new catched miles ; And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky. Yet still his claim the injured...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground ; Building their wat'ry laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples play'd ; As if on purpose it on land had come To show...
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The Pilgrim Fathers, Or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James ...

William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 384 pages
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The Pilgrim Fathers, Or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James ...

William Henry Bartlett - Massachusetts - 1853 - 312 pages
...How did they rivet with gigantic piles Through the centre their new catched miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still...bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel fur more high * To catch I lie waves, than those to scale the sky. Yet si ill his claim the injured...
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The Poetical Works of Andrew Marvell: With a Memoir of the Author

Andrew Marvell - English poetry - 1857 - 408 pages
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