Readings in English and American LiteratureF. S. Crofts & Company, 1945 - 687 pages |
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Page 177
... half a pair of gloves ; And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . 40 Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain ...
... half a pair of gloves ; And all the trophies of his former loves ; With tender billet - doux he lights the pyre , And breathes three am'rous sighs to raise the fire . 40 Then prostrate falls , and begs with ardent eyes Soon to obtain ...
Page 182
... half - languishing , half - drown'd in tears ; Where the gilt Chariot never marks the way , 155 Where none learn Ombre , none e'er taste Bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye , Like roses , that in deserts bloom and die ...
... half - languishing , half - drown'd in tears ; Where the gilt Chariot never marks the way , 155 Where none learn Ombre , none e'er taste Bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye , Like roses , that in deserts bloom and die ...
Page 428
... half a quarter of a mile from the end of the Downs . " Tom cast a hasty glance at the upper part of the house as he threw the reins to the the nicest possible little table , drawn close up before the brightest possible little fire , was ...
... half a quarter of a mile from the end of the Downs . " Tom cast a hasty glance at the upper part of the house as he threw the reins to the the nicest possible little table , drawn close up before the brightest possible little fire , was ...
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