The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... hand , She seem'd no otherwise a mistress there , Than godlike souls in human bodies are . But when to all she had example shew'd , How to be great and humble , chaste and good , Her soul , for earth too excellent , too high , Flew to ...
... hand , She seem'd no otherwise a mistress there , Than godlike souls in human bodies are . But when to all she had example shew'd , How to be great and humble , chaste and good , Her soul , for earth too excellent , too high , Flew to ...
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... hand and seal the Irish nation Were forc'd to own to him their obligation . He that could once have half a kingdom bought , In half a minute is not worth a groat . His coffers from the coffin could not save , Nor all his interest keep ...
... hand and seal the Irish nation Were forc'd to own to him their obligation . He that could once have half a kingdom bought , In half a minute is not worth a groat . His coffers from the coffin could not save , Nor all his interest keep ...
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... hand upon his heart , under the fawn - coloured waistcoat ; his brow erect and clear as his conscience ; his wig even and composed as his temper , with measurely curls and antithetical top- knots , like his style ? The calmest poet ...
... hand upon his heart , under the fawn - coloured waistcoat ; his brow erect and clear as his conscience ; his wig even and composed as his temper , with measurely curls and antithetical top- knots , like his style ? The calmest poet ...
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... hand ! But what avail her unexhausted stores , Her blooming mountains , and her sunny shores , With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart , The smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns ...
... hand ! But what avail her unexhausted stores , Her blooming mountains , and her sunny shores , With all the gifts that heaven and earth impart , The smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns ...
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... hand . Soon as the evening shades prevail , The moon takes up the wonderous tale ; And nightly , to the listening earth , Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn , And all the planets , in their turn ...
... hand . Soon as the evening shades prevail , The moon takes up the wonderous tale ; And nightly , to the listening earth , Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn , And all the planets , in their turn ...
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