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... known naval engage- ment which he fought have been dealt with at the above references , but I have recently acquired two further pictures of the engage- ment about which I should be glad of some further information . 1. This is a ...
... known naval engage- ment which he fought have been dealt with at the above references , but I have recently acquired two further pictures of the engage- ment about which I should be glad of some further information . 1. This is a ...
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... known as Edinburgh . " The earliest known description of Edinburgh is by Alesius Edinburgi , or Alesse , who was a native , born 1500. He wrote : " The name of the Town is always given as Edinburges , and never as Lisleburgh or ...
... known as Edinburgh . " The earliest known description of Edinburgh is by Alesius Edinburgi , or Alesse , who was a native , born 1500. He wrote : " The name of the Town is always given as Edinburges , and never as Lisleburgh or ...
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... known as the novels , in that they Turner & Son , it is attributed by Cole to a satirize the crazes and fads of the time . period not long before 1815. This statement Replete with humour and clever sayings , is borne out , more or less ...
... known as the novels , in that they Turner & Son , it is attributed by Cole to a satirize the crazes and fads of the time . period not long before 1815. This statement Replete with humour and clever sayings , is borne out , more or less ...
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... known of His name does 39 , Agate Road , Hammersmith , W. COL . PESTALL . - I have a song entitled ' Pestall , ' published by B. Williams , 30 ( Fountain Court ) , Cheapside , with accom- paniment for the pianoforte . It bears no date ...
... known of His name does 39 , Agate Road , Hammersmith , W. COL . PESTALL . - I have a song entitled ' Pestall , ' published by B. Williams , 30 ( Fountain Court ) , Cheapside , with accom- paniment for the pianoforte . It bears no date ...
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... known . I did not see the translation in The Spectator . Is it the excellent trans- lation of Longfellow ? H. K. H. The concluding stanza of this poem is to be found in Les cent meilleurs Poèmes ( lyriques ) de la Langue française ...
... known . I did not see the translation in The Spectator . Is it the excellent trans- lation of Longfellow ? H. K. H. The concluding stanza of this poem is to be found in Les cent meilleurs Poèmes ( lyriques ) de la Langue française ...
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Página 89 - Ay me! I fondly dream — Had ye been there — for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore. The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore?
Página 156 - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, Bless the bed that I lie on. Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch and one to pray And two to bear my soul away.
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Página 180 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose ; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me ; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor lost one grain of gold.
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Página 444 - Otis's pamphlet I never saw, and whether I had gathered my ideas from reading or reflection, I do not know. I know only that I turned to neither book nor pamphlet while writing it. I did not consider it as any part of my charge to invent new ideas altogether, and to offer no sentiment which had ever...
Página 413 - There were eight or ten more lines, but Peter destroyed them in his wrath. In the region of wild burlesque, where the ridiculous, by its intensity and mass, becomes the sublime, I never met any one to approach " Peter," except our amazing Medea-Robson.
Página 220 - Now I lay me down to sleep ; I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take.