Crime came not near him — she is not the child Of solitude; Health shrank not from him — for Her home is in the rarely trodden wild, Where if men seek her not, and death be more Their choice than life, forgive them, as beguiled By habit to what their... New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register - Page 518edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
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...on his rejection of civilization: Crime came not near him; she is not the child Of solitude. Health shrank not from him, for Her home is in the rarely-trodden...as beguiled By habit to what their own hearts abhor 1n cities caged. The present case in point 1 Cite is that Boon lived hunting up to ninety (V111:62,... | |
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...is not the child Of solitude; Health shrank not from him — for Her home is in the rarely trodden wild, Where if men seek her not, and death be more...point I Cite is, that Boon lived hunting up to ninety, [st. 62] In the new flush of discovery, Byron wrote exultantly to his friend Douglas Kinnaird: "[Don... | |
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...she is not the child Of solitude ; health shrank not from him, for Her home is in the rarely trodden wild, Where if men seek her not, and death be more...cities caged. The present case in point I Cite is, that Boone lived hunting up to ninety ; And, what's still stranger, left behind a name For which men vainly... | |
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