The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... once bounded from youth to man- hood , there will be a due estimate of the contents of these volumes , exhibiting , as they do , the riches and glories of a common ancestry . TABLE OF CONTENTS . POMFRET . PAGE Inscription for a X PREFACE .
... once bounded from youth to man- hood , there will be a due estimate of the contents of these volumes , exhibiting , as they do , the riches and glories of a common ancestry . TABLE OF CONTENTS . POMFRET . PAGE Inscription for a X PREFACE .
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... once popular , and that popu- larity they have continued to maintain . " The Choice " is , however , the only one which supports his claim to be classed among the Poets of Great Britain . If it does not possess merit of the highest ...
... once popular , and that popu- larity they have continued to maintain . " The Choice " is , however , the only one which supports his claim to be classed among the Poets of Great Britain . If it does not possess merit of the highest ...
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... once more indulge , I'd choose ( For who would so much satisfaction lose , As witty nymphs , in conversation , give ) Near some obliging modest fair to live : For there's that sweetness in a female mind , Which in a man's we cannot hope ...
... once more indulge , I'd choose ( For who would so much satisfaction lose , As witty nymphs , in conversation , give ) Near some obliging modest fair to live : For there's that sweetness in a female mind , Which in a man's we cannot hope ...
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... 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 him from the grave . A golden monument would not be right , Because we wish the earth upon ...
... 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 him from the grave . A golden monument would not be right , Because we wish the earth upon ...
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... once the reputation which science so much more tardily achieves , and introduced him to Bolingbroke , at whose request , and in whose house , he wrote the poem commemorat- ing the battle of Blenheim . It was published in 1705 , and ...
... once the reputation which science so much more tardily achieves , and introduced him to Bolingbroke , at whose request , and in whose house , he wrote the poem commemorat- ing the battle of Blenheim . It was published in 1705 , and ...
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