The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... line for speed . See yon wavy sparkle beck Sign of the Virgin Lady's lead . Down her course a serpent star Coils and shatters at her heels ; Peals the horn exulting , peals Plaintive , is it near or far . Huntress , arrowy to pursue ...
... line for speed . See yon wavy sparkle beck Sign of the Virgin Lady's lead . Down her course a serpent star Coils and shatters at her heels ; Peals the horn exulting , peals Plaintive , is it near or far . Huntress , arrowy to pursue ...
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... lines as were contained in the Idylls of the King ' ( in fact for 4,750 lines ) , on condition that the poems should be printed in the CORNHILL MAGAZINE and that I should publish them for three years afterwards . That offer was really a ...
... lines as were contained in the Idylls of the King ' ( in fact for 4,750 lines ) , on condition that the poems should be printed in the CORNHILL MAGAZINE and that I should publish them for three years afterwards . That offer was really a ...
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... line . Nelson followed with ten sail of the line , and upon his approach to Martinique Villeneuve declined battle and returned to Europe . made a push for the capital . He added : 22 MORE LIGHT ON ST . HELENA .
... line . Nelson followed with ten sail of the line , and upon his approach to Martinique Villeneuve declined battle and returned to Europe . made a push for the capital . He added : 22 MORE LIGHT ON ST . HELENA .
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... lines of Chatham as a point of retreat . I should then have pushed for London , and , had I arrived there , I should have offered very moderate terms of peace , taking care , however , so far to cripple you that you could have done no ...
... lines of Chatham as a point of retreat . I should then have pushed for London , and , had I arrived there , I should have offered very moderate terms of peace , taking care , however , so far to cripple you that you could have done no ...
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... lines of Chatham . He said he had no exact plan of them , but that he had understood there were lines there . He said he had at that time his information from Goldsmith , who transmitted every intelligence to him by the smugglers ; he ...
... lines of Chatham . He said he had no exact plan of them , but that he had understood there were lines there . He said he had at that time his information from Goldsmith , who transmitted every intelligence to him by the smugglers ; he ...
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