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Page 487
... leaves me - cruel fate ! Leaves me in my lost estate- Have I sinn'd ? Oh say wherein ; Tell me , and forgive my sin ! King , and Lord , whom I adore , Shall I see thy face no more ? Be not angry ; I resign , Henceforth , all my Will to ...
... leaves me - cruel fate ! Leaves me in my lost estate- Have I sinn'd ? Oh say wherein ; Tell me , and forgive my sin ! King , and Lord , whom I adore , Shall I see thy face no more ? Be not angry ; I resign , Henceforth , all my Will to ...
Page 551
... leaf grow less , and less ; The last are least of all . 40 Oh ! what a fund of genius , pent In narrow space , is here ! This volume's method and intent How luminous and clear ! It leaves no reader at a loss Or pos'd , whoever reads ...
... leaf grow less , and less ; The last are least of all . 40 Oh ! what a fund of genius , pent In narrow space , is here ! This volume's method and intent How luminous and clear ! It leaves no reader at a loss Or pos'd , whoever reads ...
Page 653
... leaves of a cucumber vine , sleeping or chewing the cud till evening ; in the leaves also of that vine he found a favourite repast . I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty , be- fore he began to be impatient for the ...
... leaves of a cucumber vine , sleeping or chewing the cud till evening ; in the leaves also of that vine he found a favourite repast . I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty , be- fore he began to be impatient for the ...
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