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... rounds mankind ; and to describe them as otherwise than re- pulsive would be to destroy the whole force of the allegory . I hope , however , that the present volume may be found less liable to the imputed fault . CONTENTS . DEDICATION ...
... rounds mankind ; and to describe them as otherwise than re- pulsive would be to destroy the whole force of the allegory . I hope , however , that the present volume may be found less liable to the imputed fault . CONTENTS . DEDICATION ...
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... round , and she floated in another instant on the other side of the point , in a kind of small bay , which Cecil at ... rounded the cor- ner , sank upon his knees perfectly speechless with terror . It was useless , however , to think of ...
... round , and she floated in another instant on the other side of the point , in a kind of small bay , which Cecil at ... rounded the cor- ner , sank upon his knees perfectly speechless with terror . It was useless , however , to think of ...
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... round and see where he was . They had entered a vast cave which time or ogres had dug out of the sea- side mountains , and which was evidently the giant's home . As far as Cecil could see it was a comfortable home enough for ogres ...
... round and see where he was . They had entered a vast cave which time or ogres had dug out of the sea- side mountains , and which was evidently the giant's home . As far as Cecil could see it was a comfortable home enough for ogres ...
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... round , but wrinkled terribly ; her nose was like the beak of a hawk ; each of her eyes looked the wrong way ; and she wore upon her head a paper cap , from each side of which a few straggling grey hairs peeped out . Altogether she was ...
... round , but wrinkled terribly ; her nose was like the beak of a hawk ; each of her eyes looked the wrong way ; and she wore upon her head a paper cap , from each side of which a few straggling grey hairs peeped out . Altogether she was ...
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... round and beckoned him to follow her , he was just about to do so , when the ogre demanded in a low voice , but one which the boy could hear only too well , ' What is there for dinner to - night , dame Mince - ' em - all , and what cold ...
... round and beckoned him to follow her , he was just about to do so , when the ogre demanded in a low voice , but one which the boy could hear only too well , ' What is there for dinner to - night , dame Mince - ' em - all , and what cold ...
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Page 298 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
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Page 296 - Also sold separately at 6s. each. Volume I. contains Narrative and Elegiac Poems; Volume II. Dramatic and Lyric Poems. The two volumes comprehend the First and Second Series of the Poems, and the New Poems. NEW POEMS. Extra fcap. 8vo. 6s. 6a. In this volume will be found " Empedocles on Etna ;"" Thyrsis " (written in commemoration of the late Professor Clough) ; " Epilogue to Lessing's, Laocoon ;" "Heine's Grave;"