Littell's Living Age, Volume 164Living Age Company Incorporated, 1885 |
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and the song - writers , deriving their in- spiration not at first hand from nature , but at second hand from the Greek and Latin writers whom they imitated or par- odied , made every lover a shepherd , in a court dress with gold ...
and the song - writers , deriving their in- spiration not at first hand from nature , but at second hand from the Greek and Latin writers whom they imitated or par- odied , made every lover a shepherd , in a court dress with gold ...
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... hand wet with salt water to his guest . " What the deuce have you got hold of there ? " the other inquired , in a tone of some disgust . " Amphipoda - such extraordinary lit- tle beggars ! " " And what may their names be in the ordinary ...
... hand wet with salt water to his guest . " What the deuce have you got hold of there ? " the other inquired , in a tone of some disgust . " Amphipoda - such extraordinary lit- tle beggars ! " " And what may their names be in the ordinary ...
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... hand , was to propose to himself , as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernat ural , by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom , and ...
... hand , was to propose to himself , as his object , to give the charm of novelty to things of every day , and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernat ural , by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom , and ...
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... hand it has led to a fre- quent neglect of the laws of poetical form , so that one constantly meets with volumes of verse in which it would seem that the thought might have been much better expressed in prose . On the other hand , it ...
... hand it has led to a fre- quent neglect of the laws of poetical form , so that one constantly meets with volumes of verse in which it would seem that the thought might have been much better expressed in prose . On the other hand , it ...
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... hand on the young man's shoulder , with a strong and yet a half - caressing grasp . " Come with me , " he said ; " we will have no more secrets in this house . We will let the fresh air blow through every place , as God means it shall ...
... hand on the young man's shoulder , with a strong and yet a half - caressing grasp . " Come with me , " he said ; " we will have no more secrets in this house . We will let the fresh air blow through every place , as God means it shall ...
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