The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage ..., 18. köideproprietors, 1804 |
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... and darkens ev'ry green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods , And breathes a browner horror o'er the woods . " A bishop playing at whist with his chaplains , and always naming the trump , is a proverbial illustration of the acme ...
... and darkens ev'ry green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods , And breathes a browner horror o'er the woods . " A bishop playing at whist with his chaplains , and always naming the trump , is a proverbial illustration of the acme ...
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