Gems of Literature, Elegant, Rare, and SuggestiveWilliam P. Nimmo, 1866 - 147 pages |
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... ? Is Pompey's Pillar really a misnomer ? Had Thebes a hundred gates , as sung by Homer ? Perhaps thou wert a mason , and forbidden By oath. ADDRESS TO A MUMMY . That lightly draws its breath , And feels its life. 18 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
... ? Is Pompey's Pillar really a misnomer ? Had Thebes a hundred gates , as sung by Homer ? Perhaps thou wert a mason , and forbidden By oath. ADDRESS TO A MUMMY . That lightly draws its breath , And feels its life. 18 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
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... feeling fraught ; For , if I fall in battle fought , Thy hapless lover's dying thought Shall be a thought on thee , Mary . And , if return'd from conquer'd foes , How blithely will the evening close , How sweet the linnet sing repose ...
... feeling fraught ; For , if I fall in battle fought , Thy hapless lover's dying thought Shall be a thought on thee , Mary . And , if return'd from conquer'd foes , How blithely will the evening close , How sweet the linnet sing repose ...
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... a curl That cluster'd round her head . She had a rustic , woodland air , And she. That lightly draws its breath , And feels its life in every limb , What should it know of death ? MARY STUART , QUEEN OF SCOTS . 30 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
... a curl That cluster'd round her head . She had a rustic , woodland air , And she. That lightly draws its breath , And feels its life in every limb , What should it know of death ? MARY STUART , QUEEN OF SCOTS . 30 GEMS OF LITERATURE .
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... feel myself so much at my ease about the superiority of mankind , —I have such a marked and decided contempt for the understanding of every baboon I have yet seen , -I feel so sure that the blue ape without a tail will never rival us in ...
... feel myself so much at my ease about the superiority of mankind , —I have such a marked and decided contempt for the understanding of every baboon I have yet seen , -I feel so sure that the blue ape without a tail will never rival us in ...
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... feel to approve yourselves worthy of such a trust , every thought of what is afflicting in warfare , every apprehension of danger , must vanish ; you are impatient to mingle in the battle of the civilised world . Go then , ye defenders ...
... feel to approve yourselves worthy of such a trust , every thought of what is afflicting in warfare , every apprehension of danger , must vanish ; you are impatient to mingle in the battle of the civilised world . Go then , ye defenders ...
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