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... Hill . Occasional remarks on Gothic architecture · · • • 20. To Dr. WHARTON . Objection to publishing his Ode on the Progress of Poetry singly . Hint of his having other lyrical ideas by him unfinished • 228 Explanation of that hint ...
... Hill . Occasional remarks on Gothic architecture · · • • 20. To Dr. WHARTON . Objection to publishing his Ode on the Progress of Poetry singly . Hint of his having other lyrical ideas by him unfinished • 228 Explanation of that hint ...
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... hills rebound . As when from Ætna's smoaking summit broke , The eyeless Cyclops heav'd the craggy rock ; Where Ocean frets beneath the dashing oar , And parting surges round the vessel roar : ' Twas there he aim'd the meditated harm ...
... hills rebound . As when from Ætna's smoaking summit broke , The eyeless Cyclops heav'd the craggy rock ; Where Ocean frets beneath the dashing oar , And parting surges round the vessel roar : ' Twas there he aim'd the meditated harm ...
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... hills as people , who love their necks as well as I do , may venture to climb , and craggs that give the eye as much pleasure as if they were more dangerous : both vale and hill are covered with most vene- rable beeches , and other very ...
... hills as people , who love their necks as well as I do , may venture to climb , and craggs that give the eye as much pleasure as if they were more dangerous : both vale and hill are covered with most vene- rable beeches , and other very ...
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... hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered with woods and vineyards , and every now and then the ruins of some old castle on their tops ; we lay at St. Di- zier the first night , and at Langres the second , and got hither ...
... hills on each hand at some distance , entirely covered with woods and vineyards , and every now and then the ruins of some old castle on their tops ; we lay at St. Di- zier the first night , and at Langres the second , and got hither ...
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... hill again with him in his mouth . This was done in less than a quarter of a minute ; we all saw it , and yet the servants had not time to draw their pistols , or do any thing to save the dog . * If he had not been there , and the ...
... hill again with him in his mouth . This was done in less than a quarter of a minute ; we all saw it , and yet the servants had not time to draw their pistols , or do any thing to save the dog . * If he had not been there , and the ...
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