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" Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury ; And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropped from the clouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus. "
The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 122
by Edmund Burke - 1839
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: A vindication of natural ...

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1889 - 556 pages
...goats, wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry with his beaver on Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury; And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropped from the c'ouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus. In that excellent book, so remarkable for the vivacity of...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 4

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 632 pages
...young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,— Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses s on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,— Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch f ' the world with noble...
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Paris as it was and as it is: Or, A Sketch of the French Capital ..., Volume 1

Francis William Blagdon - Paris (France) - 1803 - 534 pages
...displayed by BONAPARTE in mounting his horse, that, to borrow the words of Shakspeare, he seemed to " Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, " And...vaulted with such ease into his seat, " As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds " To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, f( And witch the world with noble...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - France - 1803 - 366 pages
...beaver on Rife from the ground like feather' 'd Mercury; And vaulted with fuel} eafe into his feat As if an angel dropped from the clouds To turn and wind a fiery Pegafus. In that excellent book, Co remarkable for the vivacity of its defcriptions, as well as the...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, pr. from the text of the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 488 pages
...young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses 5 on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,— Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch 8 the world with noble horsemanship....
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 314 pages
...and glittering warrior, who, N N-withhis beaver on, Hiscuishes on his thighs, gallantly ann'd, Rose from the ground like feather'd Mercury; And vaulted with such ease into his seat, AŤ if an angel dropt down from the clouds." The students at the university seem desirous of retaining...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1806 - 520 pages
...goats, "wild as young bulls. I saw young Harry -with his beaver on Rise from the ground Hie feather 1 'd Mercury ; And vaulted •with such ease into his seat...angel dropped from the clouds To turn and -wind a fery Pegasus. In that excellent book, so remarkable for the vivacity of its description, as well as...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 502 pages
...young bulls. I saw young Harry,—with his beaver on, His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly arm'd,— Rise from the ground like feather'd Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat, As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship....
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Stultifera Navis: Qua Omnium Mortalium Narratur Stultitia : The Modern Ship ...

William Henry Ireland - Fools and jesters - 1807 - 356 pages
...spirited lines of our ' I saw the soldier, with his beaver on, His cnifoes on his thighs, gallantly arm'd, Rise from the ground, like feather'd mercury; And...vaulted with such ease into his seat; As if an angel dropt down from the clouds, To turn and wind the fiery Pegasus, And 'witch the world with noble horsemanship....
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