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Page vii
... Lord Leicester , visited it in a rank which gave him the most fortunate opportunities . In Ireland he next saw the contrast of a people naked of the arts and indulgences of life , but exhibiting singular boldness and love of country ; a ...
... Lord Leicester , visited it in a rank which gave him the most fortunate opportunities . In Ireland he next saw the contrast of a people naked of the arts and indulgences of life , but exhibiting singular boldness and love of country ; a ...
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... Lord Byron's merits and defects , as a poet , have been largely attributed to the personal temperament that accounts for , and palliates , his personal career . The constitutional irritability which embittered his days , probably gave ...
... Lord Byron's merits and defects , as a poet , have been largely attributed to the personal temperament that accounts for , and palliates , his personal career . The constitutional irritability which embittered his days , probably gave ...
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... lord's war , And thereto had he ridden , near and farre , As well in Christendom as in Heatheness , And ever honoured for his worthiness . At Alisandr ' he was when it was won , Full oftentime he had the field outdone Aboven all the ...
... lord's war , And thereto had he ridden , near and farre , As well in Christendom as in Heatheness , And ever honoured for his worthiness . At Alisandr ' he was when it was won , Full oftentime he had the field outdone Aboven all the ...
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... , And eke his face , as it had been anoint . He was a lord full fat and in good point , His eyes were deep , and rolling in his head , That steamed as a furnace of lead . His boots souple , his horse in great estate , 30 CHAUCER .
... , And eke his face , as it had been anoint . He was a lord full fat and in good point , His eyes were deep , and rolling in his head , That steamed as a furnace of lead . His boots souple , his horse in great estate , 30 CHAUCER .
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... Lord , thy slaughtered saints , whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old , When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones , Forget not in thy book record their groans Who ...
... Lord , thy slaughtered saints , whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old , When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones , Forget not in thy book record their groans Who ...
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