Works: Complete in 27 Volumes. Wolfert's roost and other papers, Volumen17Putnam, 1865 - 453 páginas |
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... mind all that I had read of Robin Goodfellow , and his power of transformation . O how I envied him that power ! How I longed to be able to compress my form into utter littleness , to ride the bold dragon - fly , swing on the tall ...
... mind all that I had read of Robin Goodfellow , and his power of transformation . O how I envied him that power ! How I longed to be able to compress my form into utter littleness , to ride the bold dragon - fly , swing on the tall ...
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... mind increased upon me , and became more confirmed . I abandoned my- self to the impulses of a romantic imagination , which controlled my studies , and gave a bias to all my habits . My father observed me continually with a book in my ...
... mind increased upon me , and became more confirmed . I abandoned my- self to the impulses of a romantic imagination , which controlled my studies , and gave a bias to all my habits . My father observed me continually with a book in my ...
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... mind . His name was Glencoe . He was a pale , melancholy - looking man , about forty years of age ; a native of Scotland , liberally educated , and who had devoted himself to the instruction of youth , from taste rather than necessity ...
... mind . His name was Glencoe . He was a pale , melancholy - looking man , about forty years of age ; a native of Scotland , liberally educated , and who had devoted himself to the instruction of youth , from taste rather than necessity ...
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... minds , through the wide field of history and belles - lettres , a nobler walk was opened to my superior intellect . The mind of Glencoe presented a singular mixture of philosophy and poetry . He was fond of metaphysics , and prone to ...
... minds , through the wide field of history and belles - lettres , a nobler walk was opened to my superior intellect . The mind of Glencoe presented a singular mixture of philosophy and poetry . He was fond of metaphysics , and prone to ...
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... mind . Philosophy had lost its charms for me . Metaphysics -faugh ! I tried to study ; took down volume after vol- ume , ran my eye vacantly over a few pages , and threw them by with distaste . I loitered about the house , with my hands ...
... mind . Philosophy had lost its charms for me . Metaphysics -faugh ! I tried to study ; took down volume after vol- ume , ran my eye vacantly over a few pages , and threw them by with distaste . I loitered about the house , with my hands ...
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