Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Times, Volume 2Robert Chambers J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1867 - English literature |
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Page viii
... Scene of Conjuration by the Wandering Jew , 168 On Captain Matthew Henderson , 101 Songs : Macpherson's Farewell ; Menie ; Ae Fond Kiss ; HISTORIANS . A Vision , 104 DAVID HUME , 169 Man was made to Mourn , 104 State of Parties at the ...
... Scene of Conjuration by the Wandering Jew , 168 On Captain Matthew Henderson , 101 Songs : Macpherson's Farewell ; Menie ; Ae Fond Kiss ; HISTORIANS . A Vision , 104 DAVID HUME , 169 Man was made to Mourn , 104 State of Parties at the ...
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... Scene from Virginius , 448 Scene from The Wife , 449 DR JOHN GILLIES - SHARON TURNER - WILLIAM COXE- GEORGE CHALMERS - C . J. Fox , 513 THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES - DR THOMAS BEDDOES , 450 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , 514 From The Bride's Tragedy ...
... Scene from Virginius , 448 Scene from The Wife , 449 DR JOHN GILLIES - SHARON TURNER - WILLIAM COXE- GEORGE CHALMERS - C . J. Fox , 513 THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES - DR THOMAS BEDDOES , 450 SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH , 514 From The Bride's Tragedy ...
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... scene , Where thou wert fairest of the fair ? O Nancy , canst thou love so true , Through perils keen with me to go ? Or , when thy swain mishap shall rue , To share with him the pang of woe ? Say , should disease or pain befall , Wilt ...
... scene , Where thou wert fairest of the fair ? O Nancy , canst thou love so true , Through perils keen with me to go ? Or , when thy swain mishap shall rue , To share with him the pang of woe ? Say , should disease or pain befall , Wilt ...
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... scene more interesting than Cape Colonna . To the antiquary and artist , sixteen columns are an inexhaustible source of observation and design ; to the philosopher , the supposed scene of some of Plato's conversations will not be ...
... scene more interesting than Cape Colonna . To the antiquary and artist , sixteen columns are an inexhaustible source of observation and design ; to the philosopher , the supposed scene of some of Plato's conversations will not be ...
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... scene drew near ! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death , Hell yawns , rocks rise , and breakers roar beneath ! In vain , alas ! the sacred shades of yore , Would arm the mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they'd teach us , at ...
... scene drew near ! The ship hangs hovering on the verge of death , Hell yawns , rocks rise , and breakers roar beneath ! In vain , alas ! the sacred shades of yore , Would arm the mind with philosophic lore ; In vain they'd teach us , at ...
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