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Page xxiii
... on their attention to the poetical repetitions of children . - But still an unconscion- able quantity of what we may be permitted to call common place poetry , is by many parents forced upon the youthful memory . PREFACE . xxiii.
... on their attention to the poetical repetitions of children . - But still an unconscion- able quantity of what we may be permitted to call common place poetry , is by many parents forced upon the youthful memory . PREFACE . xxiii.
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... poetical as the former ; when the words are placed in a more natural order , the passage does not differ much from prose . Disporting and margent - are used instead of sporting and margin , be- cause they ( those words ) are less com ...
... poetical as the former ; when the words are placed in a more natural order , the passage does not differ much from prose . Disporting and margent - are used instead of sporting and margin , be- cause they ( those words ) are less com ...
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... poetical expressions.— The rolling circle is a hoop , to chase it , is to drive it before them - to chase its speed is to follow the hoop which is rolling with speed before them . " While some on earnest business bent Their murm'ring ...
... poetical expressions.— The rolling circle is a hoop , to chase it , is to drive it before them - to chase its speed is to follow the hoop which is rolling with speed before them . " While some on earnest business bent Their murm'ring ...
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... poetical expression . Dales - Johnson says that a dale is a low place between hills . A dale is much the same as a valley . There is a proverbial boast of the inha- bitants of Holmes ' dale that leaves the meanings of vale and dale in ...
... poetical expression . Dales - Johnson says that a dale is a low place between hills . A dale is much the same as a valley . There is a proverbial boast of the inha- bitants of Holmes ' dale that leaves the meanings of vale and dale in ...
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... , become associated with the feelings of poetic enthusiasm , and they have been the constant theme or subject of poetical description from the first ages of the world . € With Spencer through a fairy grove . Spencer one 44 ODE TO FANCY .
... , become associated with the feelings of poetic enthusiasm , and they have been the constant theme or subject of poetical description from the first ages of the world . € With Spencer through a fairy grove . Spencer one 44 ODE TO FANCY .
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