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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 66
by British essayists - 1823
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...reserved for him.' I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, ' Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again...
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The advanced reader

Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 pages
...reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure' on these happy islands. At length, said I: "Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...me no answer, I turned about' to address myself to hirnl a second time, but I found' that he had left me. I then turned again to the vision' which I had...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, " Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...other side of the rock of adamant." The genius making no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me....
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Smaller specimens of English literature, with notes. Ed. by W. Smith

sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...reserved for him." — I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, "Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...other side of the rock of adamant." The genius making no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me....
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1870 - 688 pages
...reserved for him. I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, shew me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under...side of the rock of adamant. The genius making me no answer,a I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, " Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark cfouds, which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant." The genius making no answer,...
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History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun, Volume 2

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...reserved for him. — I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, shew me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under...adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; 1 then turned again...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...reserved for him. — I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, shew me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under...adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...him.—I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, shew me now, 1 beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those...adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again...
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A Hand-book of English Literature Intended for the Use of High Schools, as ...

Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...reserved for him.1 I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, ' Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which clover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned...
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