The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland: In Two Volumes, Volume 1Harper, 1851 - 576 pages |
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... passing ghost ? It is the hand of Malvina ! Bring me the harp , son of Alpin . Another song shall rise . My soul shall ... passed away like flames that shone for a Though the plains of our battles are dark and silent , our fame is in the ...
... passing ghost ? It is the hand of Malvina ! Bring me the harp , son of Alpin . Another song shall rise . My soul shall ... passed away like flames that shone for a Though the plains of our battles are dark and silent , our fame is in the ...
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... passed the remainder of his life in peace , and died in the college of his order on the eleventh of June , 1294 , and in the eighty - first year of his age . Bacon , in the opinion of Dr. Peter Shaw , a very competent judge of merit ...
... passed the remainder of his life in peace , and died in the college of his order on the eleventh of June , 1294 , and in the eighty - first year of his age . Bacon , in the opinion of Dr. Peter Shaw , a very competent judge of merit ...
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... passed the remainder of his life in that quiet retirement , and in those literary pursuits for the enjoyment of which his previous life had so emi- nently qualified him ; and though the duke of Lancaster had meantime married lady ...
... passed the remainder of his life in that quiet retirement , and in those literary pursuits for the enjoyment of which his previous life had so emi- nently qualified him ; and though the duke of Lancaster had meantime married lady ...
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... passed through her throat ; Her diet was accordant to her cote : 4 Repletion ne made her never sick ; Attemper5 diet was all her physic , And exercise , and heartes suffisance : The goute let her nothing for to dance , Ne apoplexy ...
... passed through her throat ; Her diet was accordant to her cote : 4 Repletion ne made her never sick ; Attemper5 diet was all her physic , And exercise , and heartes suffisance : The goute let her nothing for to dance , Ne apoplexy ...
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... passing notice as a writer in prose also . His longest unversified production is The ' Testament of Love , ' to which we have already alluded . This is an alle- gorical and meditative work , and was written chiefly for the purpose of ...
... passing notice as a writer in prose also . His longest unversified production is The ' Testament of Love , ' to which we have already alluded . This is an alle- gorical and meditative work , and was written chiefly for the purpose of ...
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