The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 8John Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... throne's dread precinct bind ! Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land is sweet , Thou witness of the ...
... throne's dread precinct bind ! Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land is sweet , Thou witness of the ...
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... throne , Derzhavin was placed at the head of the Council of State . In 1800 he became Imperial Treasurer , and in 1802 Minister of Justice . A complete edition of his Works , in five volumes , was put forth at St. Petersburg in 1810-15 ...
... throne , Derzhavin was placed at the head of the Council of State . In 1800 he became Imperial Treasurer , and in 1802 Minister of Justice . A complete edition of his Works , in five volumes , was put forth at St. Petersburg in 1810-15 ...
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... throne of Thy divinity ; I am , O God ! and surely Thou must be ! Thou art directing , guiding all , Thou art ! Direct my understanding , then , to Thee ; Control my spirit , guide my wandering heart . Though but an atom ' mid immensity ...
... throne of Thy divinity ; I am , O God ! and surely Thou must be ! Thou art directing , guiding all , Thou art ! Direct my understanding , then , to Thee ; Control my spirit , guide my wandering heart . Though but an atom ' mid immensity ...
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... throne ! Thou fatal blood ! Predestinated race ! all who partake Thy veins must pour them forth on battle - fields , Or the foul scaffold ! Doomed Plantagenet ! The Tudor follows in your steps . Jane.- Our sands Have almost run . I must ...
... throne ! Thou fatal blood ! Predestinated race ! all who partake Thy veins must pour them forth on battle - fields , Or the foul scaffold ! Doomed Plantagenet ! The Tudor follows in your steps . Jane.- Our sands Have almost run . I must ...
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... thrones , and globes Are strewn , as left by rival States Of elemental potentates . Pale floats the mist , a wizard's shroud : There looms the broad crag from the cloud . A thunder - graven Sphinx's head , half blind , Gazing on far ...
... thrones , and globes Are strewn , as left by rival States Of elemental potentates . Pale floats the mist , a wizard's shroud : There looms the broad crag from the cloud . A thunder - graven Sphinx's head , half blind , Gazing on far ...
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