Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... beautiful verses to the daughter of Lord and Lady Mahon . - Burns's endearments . - Teutonic alliteration . - A lover to his sweetheart in short metre . - Loving lines written with blood . - A macaronic valentine . - Digby's graceful ...
... beautiful verses to the daughter of Lord and Lady Mahon . - Burns's endearments . - Teutonic alliteration . - A lover to his sweetheart in short metre . - Loving lines written with blood . - A macaronic valentine . - Digby's graceful ...
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... beautiful and grand . HUBER . How keen thy vision , e'en though reft of sight ! U sing with double power the mind's clear light : B ees , and their hives , thy curious ken has scanned , E ach cell , with geometric wisdom planned , R ich ...
... beautiful and grand . HUBER . How keen thy vision , e'en though reft of sight ! U sing with double power the mind's clear light : B ees , and their hives , thy curious ken has scanned , E ach cell , with geometric wisdom planned , R ich ...
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... beautiful , most rare ! I clasped it on her sweet cold hand , The precious golden link ; I calmed her fears , and she was calm , " Drink , pretty creature , drink ! ” " And so I won my Genevieve , And walked in Paradise ; The fairest ...
... beautiful , most rare ! I clasped it on her sweet cold hand , The precious golden link ; I calmed her fears , and she was calm , " Drink , pretty creature , drink ! ” " And so I won my Genevieve , And walked in Paradise ; The fairest ...
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... beautiful and elaborate pieces , both in sentiment and versification , ever produced in any language -- contains three hundred and four words , of which there are two hundred and forty - nine monosyllables to fifty - five polysyllables ...
... beautiful and elaborate pieces , both in sentiment and versification , ever produced in any language -- contains three hundred and four words , of which there are two hundred and forty - nine monosyllables to fifty - five polysyllables ...
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... beautiful and the more sublime because casual and unsought by the sacred writers , took great delight in pointing out the hexametrical rhythm of numerous passages , particularly in the book of Isaiah : — Hear , O heavens , and give ear ...
... beautiful and the more sublime because casual and unsought by the sacred writers , took great delight in pointing out the hexametrical rhythm of numerous passages , particularly in the book of Isaiah : — Hear , O heavens , and give ear ...
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