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... strange in him to leave the knife inserted in the wing of a chicken while he recited a stanza from ' Yarrow Revisited ; ' " and Walter Savage Landor asserted that , in examin- ing as a grammarian the grammar of Wordsworth , he found in ...
... strange in him to leave the knife inserted in the wing of a chicken while he recited a stanza from ' Yarrow Revisited ; ' " and Walter Savage Landor asserted that , in examin- ing as a grammarian the grammar of Wordsworth , he found in ...
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... strange productions met his view , That fill our picture - shops , at any rate he'd Be much amused , and no doubt marvel too , At fame he surely scarce anticipated ; A fame as great as any of the sages Of Greece or Rome , or of the ...
... strange productions met his view , That fill our picture - shops , at any rate he'd Be much amused , and no doubt marvel too , At fame he surely scarce anticipated ; A fame as great as any of the sages Of Greece or Rome , or of the ...
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... Strange that one whom posterity has agreed to hail as the father of modern philosophy , should by his own malpractices have shrunk to comparative littleness beneath the deserved reprobation of his contemporaries . ] Ir is a trivial ...
... Strange that one whom posterity has agreed to hail as the father of modern philosophy , should by his own malpractices have shrunk to comparative littleness beneath the deserved reprobation of his contemporaries . ] Ir is a trivial ...
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... strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks , and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back . He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one of the ...
... strange figure slowly toiling up the rocks , and bending under the weight of something he carried on his back . He was surprised to see any human being in this lonely and unfrequented place ; but supposing it to be some one of the ...
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... strange , uncouth , lack - lustre countenances , that his heart turned within him , and his knees smote together . His com- panion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons , and made signs to him to wait upon the com- pany ...
... strange , uncouth , lack - lustre countenances , that his heart turned within him , and his knees smote together . His com- panion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons , and made signs to him to wait upon the com- pany ...
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Annabel Lee bell bold born brave bride character CHARLES DIBDIN cloud Columbus cried Dalhem Dame Van Winkle DAVID HUME dead dear death died Duke earth ELIZA COOK England eyes father fear galloping Glen hand Hasselt hast hath head hear heard heart Heaven heerd honour Hume Inchcape Inchcape Rock Jaffier Joris King land laugh live look Lord MICHAEL DRAYTON mind mirth mother mountain ne'er never night noble Norv o'er Penny Readings Peter Stuyvesant Pier poet poor Princess Royal provarbe Rip Van Winkle Robert Nicoll rock Roland round Saint Valentine Seth Shakspeare shook song soul stood story sweet sword tears tell thee there's thine thing thou thought Tinfoil tink tongue tree Turlough's Twas village voice wife wild WILLIAM CARLETON Wolf words
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Página 109 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we; Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Página 153 - Julius bleed for justice' sake ? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What ! shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers, shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes, And sell the mighty space of our large honours For so much trash as may be grasped thus ? I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Página 35 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Página 154 - I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me; — For I can raise no money by vile means : By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: Was that done like Cassius ? Should I have answer'd Caius Cassius so?
Página 166 - ... twere the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now, this overdone, or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one must, in your allowance, o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Página 155 - O Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb That carries anger as the flint bears fire ; Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, And straight is cold again.
Página 6 - With Spanish yew so strong, Arrows a cloth-yard long, That like to serpents stung, Piercing the weather; None from his fellow starts, But playing manly parts, And like true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilboes...