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Page vii
... thought to promise still more for it if presented to the public in a different manner , the author has been induced to give it such revision and enlargement , as may strengthen , perhaps , its claims on their good opinion . For this ...
... thought to promise still more for it if presented to the public in a different manner , the author has been induced to give it such revision and enlargement , as may strengthen , perhaps , its claims on their good opinion . For this ...
Page viii
... from his pen . Mr. Cobb , however , though not a good dramatist , is said to be a sensible and good tempered man , and has probably thought nothing about the passage , or felt more for the PREFACE . ix ble , towards such persons as might.
... from his pen . Mr. Cobb , however , though not a good dramatist , is said to be a sensible and good tempered man , and has probably thought nothing about the passage , or felt more for the PREFACE . ix ble , towards such persons as might.
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... thought more than common came into his head : Then they leap'd in their frankness , deliciously bright , And shot round about them an arrowy light ; And if , as he shook back his hair in its cluster , A curl fell athwart them and darke ...
... thought more than common came into his head : Then they leap'd in their frankness , deliciously bright , And shot round about them an arrowy light ; And if , as he shook back his hair in its cluster , A curl fell athwart them and darke ...
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... thought ' twould look odd- And friendship , you know - pray how is my dear God ??? A 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 ...
... thought ' twould look odd- And friendship , you know - pray how is my dear God ??? A 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 ...
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... thought ' twas the bishops or judges a coming , Or whole court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . ( 14 ) As soon as he saw him , Apollo ...
... thought ' twas the bishops or judges a coming , Or whole court of aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . ( 14 ) As soon as he saw him , Apollo ...
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