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ܪ While he was talking thus , the lonely place The old man's shape , and speech , all troubled me : In my mind's eye I seemed to see him pace About the weary moors continually , Wandering about alone and silently .
ܪ While he was talking thus , the lonely place The old man's shape , and speech , all troubled me : In my mind's eye I seemed to see him pace About the weary moors continually , Wandering about alone and silently .
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Add to all the foregoing the seeming uselessness both of the project and of the anecdotes from which it is to derive support . Is there one word for instance , attributed to the pedlar in the ExcursiON , characterestic of a pedlar ?
Add to all the foregoing the seeming uselessness both of the project and of the anecdotes from which it is to derive support . Is there one word for instance , attributed to the pedlar in the ExcursiON , characterestic of a pedlar ?
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2 Whereat the poet , without seeming to reflect that the poor tawny wanderers might probably have been tramping for weeks together through road and lane , over moor and mountain , and · consequently must have been right glad to rest ...
2 Whereat the poet , without seeming to reflect that the poor tawny wanderers might probably have been tramping for weeks together through road and lane , over moor and mountain , and · consequently must have been right glad to rest ...
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... yet more lovely than the two concluding stanzas ? $ While thus before my eyes he gleams , A. p . 244 . 66 Upon yon tuft of hazel trees , That twinkle to the gusty breeze , Behold him perched in ecstacies , Yet seeming still to hover ...
... yet more lovely than the two concluding stanzas ? $ While thus before my eyes he gleams , A. p . 244 . 66 Upon yon tuft of hazel trees , That twinkle to the gusty breeze , Behold him perched in ecstacies , Yet seeming still to hover ...
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He seemed to emulate the manners of young Englishmen of fortune . He was a good - natured fellow , not without information or literature ; but a most egregious coxcomb . He had been in the habit of attending the House of Commons ...
He seemed to emulate the manners of young Englishmen of fortune . He was a good - natured fellow , not without information or literature ; but a most egregious coxcomb . He had been in the habit of attending the House of Commons ...
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