Fable for critics. Bigelow papers. Unhappy lot of Mr. Knott. An oriental apologueTicknor and Fields, 1858 |
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... facts from the Don , or draw out the Lambish quintessence of John , and feel nothing more than a half - comic sorrow , to think that they all will be lying to - morrow tossed care- lessly up on the waste - paper shelves , and forgotten ...
... facts from the Don , or draw out the Lambish quintessence of John , and feel nothing more than a half - comic sorrow , to think that they all will be lying to - morrow tossed care- lessly up on the waste - paper shelves , and forgotten ...
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... fact you may safely rely on , Of a very old stock a most eminent scion , - A stock all fresh quacks their fierce boluses ply on , Who stretch the new boots Earth's unwilling to try on , Whom humbugs of all shapes and sorts keep their ...
... fact you may safely rely on , Of a very old stock a most eminent scion , - A stock all fresh quacks their fierce boluses ply on , Who stretch the new boots Earth's unwilling to try on , Whom humbugs of all shapes and sorts keep their ...
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... facts , of your measures and weights , Of your time -- he's as fond as an Arab of dates ; - You'll be telling , perhaps , in your comical way , Of something you've seen in the course of the day ; And , just as you're tapering out the ...
... facts , of your measures and weights , Of your time -- he's as fond as an Arab of dates ; - You'll be telling , perhaps , in your comical way , Of something you've seen in the course of the day ; And , just as you're tapering out the ...
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... Facts with her are accomplished , as Frenchmen would say , They will prove all she wishes them to either way , And , as fact lies on this side or that , we must try , If we're seeking the truth , to find where it don't lie ; I was ...
... Facts with her are accomplished , as Frenchmen would say , They will prove all she wishes them to either way , And , as fact lies on this side or that , we must try , If we're seeking the truth , to find where it don't lie ; I was ...
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... fact that displays what profu- sions Of all kinds of greatness bless free institutions , That while the Old World has produced barely eight Of such poets as all men agree to call great , And of other great characters hardly a score ...
... fact that displays what profu- sions Of all kinds of greatness bless free institutions , That while the Old World has produced barely eight Of such poets as all men agree to call great , And of other great characters hardly a score ...
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