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... sound , which gradually becomes soft and faint , although the note , during the whole vibration , remains the same ; so any articulate sound may be uttered with different degrees of strength , proportioned to the degree of exertion with ...
... sound , which gradually becomes soft and faint , although the note , during the whole vibration , remains the same ; so any articulate sound may be uttered with different degrees of strength , proportioned to the degree of exertion with ...
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... Sounds such as these , so worthy to be fear'd . Could I believe , that winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have ... sounds , that seem by tongues Of dæmons utter'd , from whatever lungs , Sounds are but sounds , and till the cause ...
... Sounds such as these , so worthy to be fear'd . Could I believe , that winds for ages pent In earth's dark womb have ... sounds , that seem by tongues Of dæmons utter'd , from whatever lungs , Sounds are but sounds , and till the cause ...
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... sounds , Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds ; Melancholy lifts her head , Morpheus rouses from his bed ... sound , Inflam'd with glory's charms ; Each chief his sev'nfold shield display'd , And half unsheath'd the shining ...
... sounds , Pours balm into the bleeding lover's wounds ; Melancholy lifts her head , Morpheus rouses from his bed ... sound , Inflam'd with glory's charms ; Each chief his sev'nfold shield display'd , And half unsheath'd the shining ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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