Cavour and GaribaldiG. Manwaring, (Succ. to J. Chapman), 1861 - 30 pages |
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... better than some of her delinquent sisters . For the rough northmen had evidently no sympathy with the sentimental licentiousness of the southern Courts of Love . These ferocious moralists made short work with interesting lovers . They ...
... better than some of her delinquent sisters . For the rough northmen had evidently no sympathy with the sentimental licentiousness of the southern Courts of Love . These ferocious moralists made short work with interesting lovers . They ...
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... better than their theory . We can adduce , at least , one most pathetic instance of the strength and reality of the maternal in- stinct even in the Spartan dames of Denmark . In the touching ballad of the " Buried Mother , " Swain ...
... better than their theory . We can adduce , at least , one most pathetic instance of the strength and reality of the maternal in- stinct even in the Spartan dames of Denmark . In the touching ballad of the " Buried Mother , " Swain ...
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... better pair of wings . We have not been able to discover the secret of this mys- terious tailoring ; but it appears to have been known to more than one happy lover , in Denmark , in the days that are no more . Of these the most ...
... better pair of wings . We have not been able to discover the secret of this mys- terious tailoring ; but it appears to have been known to more than one happy lover , in Denmark , in the days that are no more . Of these the most ...
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... better home Than in my greenwood bower . ' " Now hark thee , little Nightingale , With this my wish comply : The winter in my chamber sing , And off in summer fly . ' Thanks to your offer , gentle knight , Your room I cannot share , For ...
... better home Than in my greenwood bower . ' " Now hark thee , little Nightingale , With this my wish comply : The winter in my chamber sing , And off in summer fly . ' Thanks to your offer , gentle knight , Your room I cannot share , For ...
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... better in thy mountain cave To work thy bride - attire , Than here to sit beneath a tree , And strike the golden lyre . " The King of Dwarfs didst thou betroth , To him thine honour plight ; Nor ought'st thus with runic strain To've ...
... better in thy mountain cave To work thy bride - attire , Than here to sit beneath a tree , And strike the golden lyre . " The King of Dwarfs didst thou betroth , To him thine honour plight ; Nor ought'st thus with runic strain To've ...
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Page 159 - In one way or another we are more or less subservient to the North every day of our lives. In infancy we are swaddled in Northern muslin ; in childhood we are humored with Northern gewgaws j in youth we are instructed out of Northern books ; at the age of maturity we sow our
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