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Page 9
What seraps and fragments have been seen , serve only by their variety and ambiguity to raise disputes among the learned , which are so much more difficult to clear up , as they propose rather their own conjectures , than afford any ...
What seraps and fragments have been seen , serve only by their variety and ambiguity to raise disputes among the learned , which are so much more difficult to clear up , as they propose rather their own conjectures , than afford any ...
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... the affrighted youth himself was aghast with fear ; but on his recol' lection : returning , he took to his heels with his sombre robes , and ran tó his lodgings , where his terrified companion has never since been seen .
... the affrighted youth himself was aghast with fear ; but on his recol' lection : returning , he took to his heels with his sombre robes , and ran tó his lodgings , where his terrified companion has never since been seen .
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... modest spinsters were on Sundays seen With mits and bibs as silver penny's clean , To these he taught to shun the ways of strife And learn the duties of the village wife , While many a rustic from his pious tongue Forgot to 29.
... modest spinsters were on Sundays seen With mits and bibs as silver penny's clean , To these he taught to shun the ways of strife And learn the duties of the village wife , While many a rustic from his pious tongue Forgot to 29.
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... Who brake his loaf and gave the pilgrim part , Our pastor's gone -- and like the peaceful snail Has left behind a long and shining trail : Where spreading Yew - bows bend a sombre screen These modest lines upon his stone are seen .
... Who brake his loaf and gave the pilgrim part , Our pastor's gone -- and like the peaceful snail Has left behind a long and shining trail : Where spreading Yew - bows bend a sombre screen These modest lines upon his stone are seen .
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I've seen the stripling stand , Expectant , as his dame the pancake fries ; Noting the motions of her skilful hand , Dew on his lips , and rapture in his eyes . See his * William King , L L.D. of Christ Church College , Oxon : Art of ...
I've seen the stripling stand , Expectant , as his dame the pancake fries ; Noting the motions of her skilful hand , Dew on his lips , and rapture in his eyes . See his * William King , L L.D. of Christ Church College , Oxon : Art of ...
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