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... feels a strong interest . No one , it is presumed , will deny that such a volume was a desideratum . How far the author has succeeded in carrying out these principles , he leaves it to an im- partial public to decide . PHILADELPHIA ...
... feels a strong interest . No one , it is presumed , will deny that such a volume was a desideratum . How far the author has succeeded in carrying out these principles , he leaves it to an im- partial public to decide . PHILADELPHIA ...
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... feeling I shall pray For thee when I am far away . For never saw I mien , or face , In which more plainly I could trace Benignity and home - bred sense Ripening in perfect innocence . Here , scatter'd like a random seed , Remote from ...
... feeling I shall pray For thee when I am far away . For never saw I mien , or face , In which more plainly I could trace Benignity and home - bred sense Ripening in perfect innocence . Here , scatter'd like a random seed , Remote from ...
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... feel that she hath eyes : Then , why should I be loath to stir ? I feel this place was made for her ; To give new pleasure like the past , Continued long as life shall last . Nor am I loath , though pleased at heart , Sweet Highland ...
... feel that she hath eyes : Then , why should I be loath to stir ? I feel this place was made for her ; To give new pleasure like the past , Continued long as life shall last . Nor am I loath , though pleased at heart , Sweet Highland ...
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... feel thou art , I feel it at my beating heart , Those tremors both of soul and sense Awoke by infant innocence ! Though dear the forms by fancy wove , We love them with a transient love , Thoughts from the living world intrude E'en on ...
... feel thou art , I feel it at my beating heart , Those tremors both of soul and sense Awoke by infant innocence ! Though dear the forms by fancy wove , We love them with a transient love , Thoughts from the living world intrude E'en on ...
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... feel all natural griefs beguiled By thee , their fond , their duteous child . What joy must in their souls have stirr'd When thy first spoken words were heard , Words , that , inspired by Heaven , express'd The transports dancing in thy ...
... feel all natural griefs beguiled By thee , their fond , their duteous child . What joy must in their souls have stirr'd When thy first spoken words were heard , Words , that , inspired by Heaven , express'd The transports dancing in thy ...
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