Littell's Living Age, Volume 164Living Age Company Incorporated, 1885 |
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... called to show his qualifications for the office of " Merry England ; " and to hear the min- musical critic , he declared that tune to be strels sing , and to join in their choruses , " Ye banks and braes o ' bonnie Doon " . was the ...
... called to show his qualifications for the office of " Merry England ; " and to hear the min- musical critic , he declared that tune to be strels sing , and to join in their choruses , " Ye banks and braes o ' bonnie Doon " . was the ...
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... called Jane , Mary , Ellen , or Margaret , was Chloe , Phoebe , Lesbia , or Sophro- nisba . To judge of the English by their popular songs at this period , they might have been ranked as a nation of Greek or Roman pagans . There was no ...
... called Jane , Mary , Ellen , or Margaret , was Chloe , Phoebe , Lesbia , or Sophro- nisba . To judge of the English by their popular songs at this period , they might have been ranked as a nation of Greek or Roman pagans . There was no ...
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... called poetry at all , or even re- spectable verse ; and all Carey's avowed compositions abound in similar defects and inelegancies . It may be asked why Carey , if he wrote the anthem , never claimed the authorship ? Carey was a ...
... called poetry at all , or even re- spectable verse ; and all Carey's avowed compositions abound in similar defects and inelegancies . It may be asked why Carey , if he wrote the anthem , never claimed the authorship ? Carey was a ...
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... called will continue to exist and be admired in literature and be enshrined in books , if it do not find a place in the music - stands of the boudoir and the drawing - room . Lyr- ical poetry will never die . It is the earliest form of ...
... called will continue to exist and be admired in literature and be enshrined in books , if it do not find a place in the music - stands of the boudoir and the drawing - room . Lyr- ical poetry will never die . It is the earliest form of ...
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... called again at the house in Bayswater , and sent up his card . This time the parlor maid returned smoothing down her spotless apron , and with a marked decrease of asperity an- nounced that the ladies were at home , and would his ...
... called again at the house in Bayswater , and sent up his card . This time the parlor maid returned smoothing down her spotless apron , and with a marked decrease of asperity an- nounced that the ladies were at home , and would his ...
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