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... light of this equivocal transaction , alleging that " Surtees no doubt had wished to have the success of his attempt tested by the unbiassed opinion of the very first authority on the subject , and the result must have been gratifying ...
... light of this equivocal transaction , alleging that " Surtees no doubt had wished to have the success of his attempt tested by the unbiassed opinion of the very first authority on the subject , and the result must have been gratifying ...
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... light . In a morning , between mid - day and night , I rose , and put all sloth and sleep aside , Until a wood I went alone , but † guide . Sweet was the smell of flowers white and red , The noise of birdés right delicious , The boughés ...
... light . In a morning , between mid - day and night , I rose , and put all sloth and sleep aside , Until a wood I went alone , but † guide . Sweet was the smell of flowers white and red , The noise of birdés right delicious , The boughés ...
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... light , Surmounting every tongue terrestrial , As far as Mayés morrow does midnight ? O moral Gower , and Lydgate laureate ! Your sugard'd lips , and tongués aureate Been to our earés cause of great delight : Your angel mouthés most ...
... light , Surmounting every tongue terrestrial , As far as Mayés morrow does midnight ? O moral Gower , and Lydgate laureate ! Your sugard'd lips , and tongués aureate Been to our earés cause of great delight : Your angel mouthés most ...
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... light began to quenchen out and fall , The day to darken , décline , and devall ; T The gums ** arise , down falleth the dank ryme , ++ Both here and there come out the shadows dim . Up goes the bat with her peel'd leathern flight , The ...
... light began to quenchen out and fall , The day to darken , décline , and devall ; T The gums ** arise , down falleth the dank ryme , ++ Both here and there come out the shadows dim . Up goes the bat with her peel'd leathern flight , The ...
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... light upon the disputed question as to the degree of estimation in which popular traditionary poetry was held at that period of our history . them we find that Blind Harry , the chronicler of Wallace , who must then have been in extreme ...
... light upon the disputed question as to the degree of estimation in which popular traditionary poetry was held at that period of our history . them we find that Blind Harry , the chronicler of Wallace , who must then have been in extreme ...
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