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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... Scene in Cafferland , View from a Halting Place , The wives of the Dead , Three Sonnets , The Widow and her Son , Sonnet , • The Iron Shroud , A Farewell to Tobacco , The Merchant's Clerk , Earth's Prisons , t Merry Terry , · 82 PAGE ...
... Scene in Cafferland , View from a Halting Place , The wives of the Dead , Three Sonnets , The Widow and her Son , Sonnet , • The Iron Shroud , A Farewell to Tobacco , The Merchant's Clerk , Earth's Prisons , t Merry Terry , · 82 PAGE ...
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... scenes which surrounded our poor , yet pleasant abode . My mind was a complete contrast to my body -the latter was indolence itself ; the former a perfect erratic va- grant . I was eternally thinking , and doing nothing . The least ...
... scenes which surrounded our poor , yet pleasant abode . My mind was a complete contrast to my body -the latter was indolence itself ; the former a perfect erratic va- grant . I was eternally thinking , and doing nothing . The least ...
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... scene indeed was beautiful to look at , but by no means encouraging to a man who was going to sit down here , and labour for a livelihood . I was received by an old man and his wife , who had occupied my farm a long time , at a very ...
... scene indeed was beautiful to look at , but by no means encouraging to a man who was going to sit down here , and labour for a livelihood . I was received by an old man and his wife , who had occupied my farm a long time , at a very ...
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... scene stretched out be- low them , or watch with sparkling eyes , the course of their bright queen , athwart the heavens . Then come the lengthening days , which at first steal on imper- ceptibly , with steps noiseless and slow ...
... scene stretched out be- low them , or watch with sparkling eyes , the course of their bright queen , athwart the heavens . Then come the lengthening days , which at first steal on imper- ceptibly , with steps noiseless and slow ...
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... Scenes that still my thought invite , Now I pass the hours in sighing All the long night . Not a voice , with friendly tone , Speaks to cheer my spirit's gloom . Oh ! the path is dark and lone , As I wander down - unknown To an early ...
... Scenes that still my thought invite , Now I pass the hours in sighing All the long night . Not a voice , with friendly tone , Speaks to cheer my spirit's gloom . Oh ! the path is dark and lone , As I wander down - unknown To an early ...
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