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Page 19
... smile , followed up by a shake of the head , Cross'd the fine lip of Phoebus , who view'd him , and said- " I'll give you a lesson , Sir , quite your own seeking , And one that you very much want - on plain speaking . Pray have you to ...
... smile , followed up by a shake of the head , Cross'd the fine lip of Phoebus , who view'd him , and said- " I'll give you a lesson , Sir , quite your own seeking , And one that you very much want - on plain speaking . Pray have you to ...
Page 20
... smiles for that sweet pretty poem ! However , he scarcely had got through the door , When he look'd adoration , and bow'd to the floor , For his host was a God - what a very great thing ! And what was still greater in his eyes - a king ...
... smiles for that sweet pretty poem ! However , he scarcely had got through the door , When he look'd adoration , and bow'd to the floor , For his host was a God - what a very great thing ! And what was still greater in his eyes - a king ...
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... smile - drawing sweetness stole in at the close With the breathing of flutes and the smoothing of bows , And Ariel was heard singing thinly and soft , Then with tricksy tenuity vanish'd aloft . The next name was Milton , and six was the ...
... smile - drawing sweetness stole in at the close With the breathing of flutes and the smoothing of bows , And Ariel was heard singing thinly and soft , Then with tricksy tenuity vanish'd aloft . The next name was Milton , and six was the ...
Page 41
... smiles extends ; Oft she rejects - but never once offends . Bright as the sun - her eyes the gazers strike , And like the sun - they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease - and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults - if ...
... smiles extends ; Oft she rejects - but never once offends . Bright as the sun - her eyes the gazers strike , And like the sun - they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease - and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults - if ...
Page 68
... smile , and the quaintnesses of the old poetry fall in with his lurking archness or his assumed importance . And the reasons would seem to be obvious ; for not to dwell upon the inherent and unaccommodating faults of the stanza in a ...
... smile , and the quaintnesses of the old poetry fall in with his lurking archness or his assumed importance . And the reasons would seem to be obvious ; for not to dwell upon the inherent and unaccommodating faults of the stanza in a ...
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