Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... rest , whether the select few , whether the mere herd , were left neglected . The eldest's vessels seek the deep , stem the element , get pence ; the keen Peter , when free , wedded Hester Green , -the slender , stern , severe , erect ...
... rest , whether the select few , whether the mere herd , were left neglected . The eldest's vessels seek the deep , stem the element , get pence ; the keen Peter , when free , wedded Hester Green , -the slender , stern , severe , erect ...
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... Ready thy bounty to dispense , Beaming with benevolence , E ver blessing , ever blest , Rescuing the most distrest ; Thy " Temple " now is Heaven's bright rest . DRYDEN . Deep rolls on deep in thy majestic line 4 * ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 41 .
... Ready thy bounty to dispense , Beaming with benevolence , E ver blessing , ever blest , Rescuing the most distrest ; Thy " Temple " now is Heaven's bright rest . DRYDEN . Deep rolls on deep in thy majestic line 4 * ALPHABETICAL WHIMS . 41 .
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... rest and overtop their fellows , they are to be considered in a double capacity , both as letters and as figures . Your laborious German wits will turn over a whole dictionary for one of these ingenious devices . A man would think they ...
... rest and overtop their fellows , they are to be considered in a double capacity , both as letters and as figures . Your laborious German wits will turn over a whole dictionary for one of these ingenious devices . A man would think they ...
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... rest , And clustered fruits its vineyard bear . Then shall an Eden morn illume Earth's fruitful vales , without a thorn : The wilderness rejoice and bloom , And nations in a day be born . The LORD his holy arm makes bare ; Zion ! thy ...
... rest , And clustered fruits its vineyard bear . Then shall an Eden morn illume Earth's fruitful vales , without a thorn : The wilderness rejoice and bloom , And nations in a day be born . The LORD his holy arm makes bare ; Zion ! thy ...
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... rest . " The stanza thus selected was this : - And must they fall , the young , the proud , the brave , To swell one bloated chief's unwholesome reign ? No step between submission and a grave ? The rise of rapine and the fall of Spain ...
... rest . " The stanza thus selected was this : - And must they fall , the young , the proud , the brave , To swell one bloated chief's unwholesome reign ? No step between submission and a grave ? The rise of rapine and the fall of Spain ...
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