Utopia found: an apology for Irish absentees, by an absentee, residing in Bath [E. Mangin]. |
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... are here realized : " " crisped brooks , Rolling on orient pearls and sands of Gold : Flow'rs worthy of Paradise , which not nice art , In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse , on hill and dale and plain .
... are here realized : " " crisped brooks , Rolling on orient pearls and sands of Gold : Flow'rs worthy of Paradise , which not nice art , In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse , on hill and dale and plain .
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Page 12 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
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Page 82 - ... in one of the columns of your valuable Journal. So various are the charges brought against me, and so numerous the instances of neglect and malignity I have experienced, that I must resign all idea of methodical arrangement in drawing up this appeal, and rely on your candour to forgive the confused and desultory air which my letter must necessarily assume. Without further preface, I proceed to inform you that I stand accused Of being in the secrets of Buonaparte, and of...
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| Title | Utopia found: an apology for Irish absentees, by an absentee, residing in Bath [E. Mangin]. |
| Author | Edward Mangin |
| Published | 1813 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jul 4, 2006 |
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