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... Thoughts on Taking up a Pair of Snuffers ; Thoughts on a Barouche - box ; Thoughts on a Hill or Considerable Eminence ; Meditations on a Pleasing Idea ; Mate rials for Drinking ; the Knocker , No. I . THE INDICATOR . [ CHAP . J.
... Thoughts on Taking up a Pair of Snuffers ; Thoughts on a Barouche - box ; Thoughts on a Hill or Considerable Eminence ; Meditations on a Pleasing Idea ; Mate rials for Drinking ; the Knocker , No. I . THE INDICATOR . [ CHAP . J.
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... thought In her heroic breast so deeply would have wrought , That in her former suit she would have left to deal . But that most princely dame , as one devoured with zeal , Went on , and by that mean the city clearly freed . CHAPTER VI ...
... thought In her heroic breast so deeply would have wrought , That in her former suit she would have left to deal . But that most princely dame , as one devoured with zeal , Went on , and by that mean the city clearly freed . CHAPTER VI ...
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... thought to be of a strength incomparable . But Brandon grappled with him , and with seeming disdain and detection , so pummelled him about the head with the hilt of his sword , that the blood burst through the vizor . Imagine the ...
... thought to be of a strength incomparable . But Brandon grappled with him , and with seeming disdain and detection , so pummelled him about the head with the hilt of his sword , that the blood burst through the vizor . Imagine the ...
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... thoughts and the other of evil . It seems , however , that the Genius was a personification of the conscience , or ... thought to paint ideas upon the mind in as lively a manner as if in a looking - glass ; upon which we chose which of ...
... thoughts and the other of evil . It seems , however , that the Genius was a personification of the conscience , or ... thought to paint ideas upon the mind in as lively a manner as if in a looking - glass ; upon which we chose which of ...
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... thought . It is this that puzzles us . Old Isaac Walton , their patriarch , speaking of his inquisitorial abstractions on the banks of a river , says , Here we may Think and pray , Before death Stops our breath . Other joys Are but toys ...
... thought . It is this that puzzles us . Old Isaac Walton , their patriarch , speaking of his inquisitorial abstractions on the banks of a river , says , Here we may Think and pray , Before death Stops our breath . Other joys Are but toys ...
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Page 86 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
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Page 105 - On this afflicted prince; fall like a cloud In gentle showers; give nothing that is loud Or painful to his slumbers; — easy, sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind or silver rain; Into this prince gently, oh, gently slide, And kiss him into slumbers like a bride...
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