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... land of native generosity and courage , yet hitherto but little acquainted with the higher arts of nations . The Conqueror , and his descendants , brought with them many noble recollections , much spirit - stirring pomp , and much ...
... land of native generosity and courage , yet hitherto but little acquainted with the higher arts of nations . The Conqueror , and his descendants , brought with them many noble recollections , much spirit - stirring pomp , and much ...
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... land , the vast prayer - meetings , and the fierce and gloomy assemblages , whether for war , council , or worship , are to be traced in Milton ; and the most unrivalled fragments of the Paradise Lost ' may be due to his having lived in ...
... land , the vast prayer - meetings , and the fierce and gloomy assemblages , whether for war , council , or worship , are to be traced in Milton ; and the most unrivalled fragments of the Paradise Lost ' may be due to his having lived in ...
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... land . And for to fasten his hood under his chin , He had of gold a curiously wrought pin : A love knot in the greater end there was . His head was bald , and shone as any glass , And eke his face , as it had been anoint . He was a lord ...
... land . And for to fasten his hood under his chin , He had of gold a curiously wrought pin : A love knot in the greater end there was . His head was bald , and shone as any glass , And eke his face , as it had been anoint . He was a lord ...
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... land to sea , and sea to mainland dry , And darksome night he eke could turn to day . Huge hosts of men he could alone dismay , And hosts of men of meanest things could frame , When so him list his enemies to fray ; That to this day for ...
... land to sea , and sea to mainland dry , And darksome night he eke could turn to day . Huge hosts of men he could alone dismay , And hosts of men of meanest things could frame , When so him list his enemies to fray ; That to this day for ...
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... land , And the milkmaid singeth blithe , And the mower wets his scythe , And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale . Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet ...
... land , And the milkmaid singeth blithe , And the mower wets his scythe , And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale . Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures ; Russet ...
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