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... hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleased ; they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they ...
... hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleased ; they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they ...
Page 52
... hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half a village stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But , choked with sedges , works its weedy way ...
... hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half a village stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But , choked with sedges , works its weedy way ...
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... hand . ' ' Then follow me , says he , and I hope we shall do business . ' So up I got , and tied my blanket , which ... hand , and my leg was shot off . Had I the good fortune to have lost my leg and use of my hand on board a king's ship ...
... hand . ' ' Then follow me , says he , and I hope we shall do business . ' So up I got , and tied my blanket , which ... hand , and my leg was shot off . Had I the good fortune to have lost my leg and use of my hand on board a king's ship ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Texts | 14 |
Description of an Authors Bedchamber | 21 |
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