Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of Literature: A Melange of ExcerptaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1890 - 864 pages |
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... He ? " Society " in the Time of Louis XIV - How Cromwell Tricked his Chaplain ― The Last Night of the Girondists — Elizabeth , Essex , and the Ring .. 782 Multam in Parbo . Much Meaning in Little Space - CONTENTS . xxiii.
... He ? " Society " in the Time of Louis XIV - How Cromwell Tricked his Chaplain ― The Last Night of the Girondists — Elizabeth , Essex , and the Ring .. 782 Multam in Parbo . Much Meaning in Little Space - CONTENTS . xxiii.
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... night . Opal of Oxus or old Ophir's ores Pale pyrrhic pyres prismatic purple pours , -- Quiescent quivering , quickly , quaintly queer , Rich , rosy , regal rays resplendent rear ; Htrange shooting streamers streaking starry skies Trail ...
... night . Opal of Oxus or old Ophir's ores Pale pyrrhic pyres prismatic purple pours , -- Quiescent quivering , quickly , quaintly queer , Rich , rosy , regal rays resplendent rear ; Htrange shooting streamers streaking starry skies Trail ...
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... Night's sable veil your crimes can never hide , E ach one so great , ' twould glut historic tide . Defunct , your cursed memory will live In all the glare that infamy can give . Curses of ages will attend your name , Traitors alone will ...
... Night's sable veil your crimes can never hide , E ach one so great , ' twould glut historic tide . Defunct , your cursed memory will live In all the glare that infamy can give . Curses of ages will attend your name , Traitors alone will ...
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... night's gloom away . So light into the darkest soul , Uplifting Thy life - giving smiles Sun Thou of Righteousness Divine , JESUS , Thou dost impart , Upon the deadened heart : Sole King of Saints Thou art . THE figure of a FISH carved ...
... night's gloom away . So light into the darkest soul , Uplifting Thy life - giving smiles Sun Thou of Righteousness Divine , JESUS , Thou dost impart , Upon the deadened heart : Sole King of Saints Thou art . THE figure of a FISH carved ...
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... ! And this , how soon to gray - haired night ; We spring , we bud , we blossom , and we blast , Ere we can count our days , our days they flee so fast . THEY END When scarce begun , And ere we apprehend 48 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
... ! And this , how soon to gray - haired night ; We spring , we bud , we blossom , and we blast , Ere we can count our days , our days they flee so fast . THEY END When scarce begun , And ere we apprehend 48 ALPHABETICAL WHIMS .
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