The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Том 2Ticknor and Fields, 1863 |
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... thing that the reader's first fancy may strike , an old - fashioned title - page , such as presents a tabular view of the volume's contents ) A GLANCE AT A FEW OF OUR LITERARY PROGENIES ( Mrs. Malaprop's word ) FROM THE TUB OF DIOGENES ...
... thing that the reader's first fancy may strike , an old - fashioned title - page , such as presents a tabular view of the volume's contents ) A GLANCE AT A FEW OF OUR LITERARY PROGENIES ( Mrs. Malaprop's word ) FROM THE TUB OF DIOGENES ...
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... thing , rhyme - ywinged , with a sting in its tail . But , by addings and alterings not previously planned , — digressions chance - hatched , like birds ' eggs in the sand , and dawdlings to suit every whimsy's de- mand , ( always ...
... thing , rhyme - ywinged , with a sting in its tail . But , by addings and alterings not previously planned , — digressions chance - hatched , like birds ' eggs in the sand , and dawdlings to suit every whimsy's de- mand , ( always ...
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... thing which an author , unless he be wealthy and willing to pay for that kind of de- light , is not , in all instances , called on to write . Though there are , it is said , who , their spirits to cheer , slip in a new title - page ...
... thing which an author , unless he be wealthy and willing to pay for that kind of de- light , is not , in all instances , called on to write . Though there are , it is said , who , their spirits to cheer , slip in a new title - page ...
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... in some kinds of strata , ( only these made things crookeder . ) Fancy an heir , that a father had seen born well - featured and fair , turning suddenly wry - nosed , club - footed , VOL . II . 2 squint - eyed , hare - lipped , wapper - 17.
... in some kinds of strata , ( only these made things crookeder . ) Fancy an heir , that a father had seen born well - featured and fair , turning suddenly wry - nosed , club - footed , VOL . II . 2 squint - eyed , hare - lipped , wapper - 17.
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... thing that will live and will die a log , - Not to say that the thought would forever intrude That you've less chance to win her the more she is wood ? Ah ! it went to my heart , and the memory still grieves , To see those loved graces ...
... thing that will live and will die a log , - Not to say that the thought would forever intrude That you've less chance to win her the more she is wood ? Ah ! it went to my heart , and the memory still grieves , To see those loved graces ...
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