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... SONG . - Scott , · " Hail to the chief who in triumph advances . " THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE . - Thomson , " O mortal man , who livest here by toil , ” 37-169 / 30 The Wreath . THE MINSTREL ; OR , THE PROGRESS iv CONTENTS .
... SONG . - Scott , · " Hail to the chief who in triumph advances . " THE CASTLE OF INDOLENCE . - Thomson , " O mortal man , who livest here by toil , ” 37-169 / 30 The Wreath . THE MINSTREL ; OR , THE PROGRESS iv CONTENTS .
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... indolence and mirth . ; And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seem'd to fix his infant eye . Dainties he heeded not , nor gaude , nor toy , Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy . Silent , when glad ; affectionate ...
... indolence and mirth . ; And yet poor Edwin was no vulgar boy ; Deep thought oft seem'd to fix his infant eye . Dainties he heeded not , nor gaude , nor toy , Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy . Silent , when glad ; affectionate ...
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... indolence and moping Fancy bred , " Fear , Discontent , Solicitude , give place , " And Hope and Courage brighten in their stead , " While on the kindling soul her vital beams are shed . " Then waken from long lethargy to life * " The ...
... indolence and moping Fancy bred , " Fear , Discontent , Solicitude , give place , " And Hope and Courage brighten in their stead , " While on the kindling soul her vital beams are shed . " Then waken from long lethargy to life * " The ...
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... Indolence and Spleen a prey , " Or Avarice , a fiend more fierce than they ? " Flee to the shades of Academus ' grove ; " Where cares molest not ! discord melts away " In harmony , and the pure passions prove " How sweet the words of ...
... Indolence and Spleen a prey , " Or Avarice , a fiend more fierce than they ? " Flee to the shades of Academus ' grove ; " Where cares molest not ! discord melts away " In harmony , and the pure passions prove " How sweet the words of ...
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... indolence of the Negroes , reclin- ed under the shade of their spreading foliage ; the simplicity of their dress and manners : the whole revived in my mind the idea of our first parents , and I seemed to contemplate the world in its pri ...
... indolence of the Negroes , reclin- ed under the shade of their spreading foliage ; the simplicity of their dress and manners : the whole revived in my mind the idea of our first parents , and I seemed to contemplate the world in its pri ...
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