The Last Essays of EliaDent, 1900 - 254 pages |
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... thou flown ? to what genial region are we permitted to conjecture that thou hast flitted ? Art thou sowing thy WILD OATS yet ( the harvest time was still to come with thee ) upon casual sands of Avernus ? or art thou enacting ROVER ( as ...
... thou flown ? to what genial region are we permitted to conjecture that thou hast flitted ? Art thou sowing thy WILD OATS yet ( the harvest time was still to come with thee ) upon casual sands of Avernus ? or art thou enacting ROVER ( as ...
Page 52
... thou old Margate Hoy , with thy weather - beaten , sunburnt captain , and his rough accommodations , ill exchanged for the fop- pery and freshwater niceness of the modern steam- packet ? To the winds and waves thou commit- test thy ...
... thou old Margate Hoy , with thy weather - beaten , sunburnt captain , and his rough accommodations , ill exchanged for the fop- pery and freshwater niceness of the modern steam- packet ? To the winds and waves thou commit- test thy ...
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... thou go poisoning the breath of ocean with sul- phurous smoke , a great sea chimera , chimneying and furnacing the ... thou happy medium , thou shade of refuge between us and them , conciliating inter- preter of their skill to our ...
... thou go poisoning the breath of ocean with sul- phurous smoke , a great sea chimera , chimneying and furnacing the ... thou happy medium , thou shade of refuge between us and them , conciliating inter- preter of their skill to our ...
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