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The works of lord Byron
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o'ergazing mountains,*0 and thus take A fit, and unwall'd temple, there to seek The Spirit, in whose honor shrines are weak, Uprear'd of human hands. Come, and compare Columns and idol-dwellings, Goth...
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The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and New

Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1854 - 482 pages
...vainly did the early Pension make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth o'ergazing mountains, and thus take A fit and unwall'd temple, there to seek The spirit, in whose honor shrines nre weak, Unrear'd of human hands. Come and compare Columns, and idol-dwellings, Goth...
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The Age of Fable, Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes

Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...take A fit and unwalled temple, there to seek The Spirit, in whose honor shrines are weak, Upreared of human hands. Come and compare Columns and idol-dwellings,...realms of worship, earth and air, Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer." III. 91. The religion of Zoroaster continued to flourish even after...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...the high plaees and the peak Of earth — o'er gazing mountains, and thus take A fît and unwoll'd temple, there to seek The spirit, in whose honour...shrines are weak, Uprear'd of human hands. Come, and eompare, Columns and idol-dwellings, Goth or Greek, With nature's realms of worship, earth and air,...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...Persian make His altar the high plaees and the peak Of earth — o'er gazing mountains, and thos Ым A fit and unwall'd temple, there to seek The spirit, in whose honour shrines are we;,k, Uprear'd of human hands. Come, and eompare, Columns and idol-dwellings, Goth or Greek, With...
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The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life, Or, Selections from Fields Old and New

Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...vainly did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth o'ergazing mountains, and thus take A fit and unwall'd temple, there to seek The spirit, in whose honor shrines are weak, Unrear'd of human hands. Come and compare Columns, and idol-dwellings, Goth...
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...did the early Persian make His Altar the high places and the peak Of earth — o'er gazing mountains, and thus take A fit and unwall'd Temple, there to...realms of worship, Earth and Air, Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer ! e. — Thomson. XTATURE ! Great Parent ! whose unceasing hand Rolls...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...vainly did the early Persian make His altar the high places and the peak Of earth-o'ergazing mountains,1 and thus take A fit and unwall'd temple, there to...realms of worship, earth and air, Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer ! XCII. The sky is changed — and such a change ! Oh night, And...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...Persian make His altar the high plaees and the peak Of earth — o'er gazing mountains, and thus tskt A fit and unwall'd temple, there to seek The spirit,...shrines are weak, Uprear'd of human hands. Come, and eomtnre, Columns and idol-dwellings, Goth or Greek, With nature's reahus of worship, earth and air,...
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The Rhyme and Reason of Country Life

Country life - 1856 - 482 pages
...take A fit and unwall'd temple, there to seek The spirit, in whose honor shrines are weak, Unrear'd of human hands. Come and compare Columns, and idol-dwellings,...With Nature's realms of worship, earth and air. Nor fii on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. The sky is changed ! and such a change ! Oh night, And...
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