The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from the Works of the Most Eminent Writers, with Many Original Pieces, Volume 3Blackie, 1833 |
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... fire at every step . O , reader ! gentle reader , if thou art of Christian bowels , pity me ! I was dislocated in every joint , and sometimes envied St Barnabas his gridiron . But I will con- fess that the remedy proved not a little ...
... fire at every step . O , reader ! gentle reader , if thou art of Christian bowels , pity me ! I was dislocated in every joint , and sometimes envied St Barnabas his gridiron . But I will con- fess that the remedy proved not a little ...
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... fire - side . But they are widely mistaken ; nature every where presents a succession of varieties , and those of winter are not the least beautiful . The short days of December and January , are perhaps the most gloomy ; but have this ...
... fire - side . But they are widely mistaken ; nature every where presents a succession of varieties , and those of winter are not the least beautiful . The short days of December and January , are perhaps the most gloomy ; but have this ...
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... fire - every part retaining its distinct form , only impressed on the eye with tenfold distinctness by its vivid though tremulous glare . Upon each " jetty , frieze , buttress , and coign of vantage , " the living fire rested , not as a ...
... fire - every part retaining its distinct form , only impressed on the eye with tenfold distinctness by its vivid though tremulous glare . Upon each " jetty , frieze , buttress , and coign of vantage , " the living fire rested , not as a ...
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... fires , and unused vegetables , and fodder , being strewed over an extent of several miles , while the roads were broken up by deep ruts from the passage of the artillery . Numerous straggling parties of soldiers were like- wise ...
... fires , and unused vegetables , and fodder , being strewed over an extent of several miles , while the roads were broken up by deep ruts from the passage of the artillery . Numerous straggling parties of soldiers were like- wise ...
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... fires in cooking and discussing the multifarious contents of their haversacks , as if famine had been the only enemy they had any backwardness to en- counter . The different groups , thus thrown together and composed of the soldiers of ...
... fires in cooking and discussing the multifarious contents of their haversacks , as if famine had been the only enemy they had any backwardness to en- counter . The different groups , thus thrown together and composed of the soldiers of ...
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