The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Том 2 |
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Then , taking them up as I chance to have time , ( that is , if their names can be twisted in rhyme , ) I will honestly give each his PROPER POSITION , at the rate of ONE AUTHOR to each NEW EDITION . Thus a PREMIUM is offered ...
Then , taking them up as I chance to have time , ( that is , if their names can be twisted in rhyme , ) I will honestly give each his PROPER POSITION , at the rate of ONE AUTHOR to each NEW EDITION . Thus a PREMIUM is offered ...
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Give a knife and a shingle , he fits out a fleet , and , on that little mudpuddle over the street , his invention , in purest good faith , will make sail round the globe with a puff of his breath for a gale , will visit ...
Give a knife and a shingle , he fits out a fleet , and , on that little mudpuddle over the street , his invention , in purest good faith , will make sail round the globe with a puff of his breath for a gale , will visit ...
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... I will give you my hand and a fresh pipe a - piece . As I ran through the leaves of my poor little book , to take a fond author's first tremulous look , it was quite an excitement to hunt the errata , sprawled in as birds ' tracks ...
... I will give you my hand and a fresh pipe a - piece . As I ran through the leaves of my poor little book , to take a fond author's first tremulous look , it was quite an excitement to hunt the errata , sprawled in as birds ' tracks ...
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What wouldn't I give if I never had known of her ? ' Twere a kind of relief had I something to groan over ; If I had but some letters of hers , now , to toss over , I might turn for the nonce a Byronic philosopher , And bewitch ...
What wouldn't I give if I never had known of her ? ' Twere a kind of relief had I something to groan over ; If I had but some letters of hers , now , to toss over , I might turn for the nonce a Byronic philosopher , And bewitch ...
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... with lilies ; A very good plan , were it not for satiety , One longs for a weed here and there , for variety ; Though a weed is no more than a flower in disguise , Which is seen through at once , if love give a man eyes .
... with lilies ; A very good plan , were it not for satiety , One longs for a weed here and there , for variety ; Though a weed is no more than a flower in disguise , Which is seen through at once , if love give a man eyes .
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