The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Том 2 |
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Having scrawled at full gallop ( as far as that goes ) in a style that is neither good verse nor bad prose , and being a person whom nobody knows , some people will say I am rather more free with my readers than it is becoming to be ...
Having scrawled at full gallop ( as far as that goes ) in a style that is neither good verse nor bad prose , and being a person whom nobody knows , some people will say I am rather more free with my readers than it is becoming to be ...
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A club - foot ( by way of a change ) in a verse , I might have forgiven , an o's being wry , a limp in an e , or a cock in an in -- but to have the sweet babe of my brain served in pi ! I am not queasy - stomached , but such a Thyestean ...
A club - foot ( by way of a change ) in a verse , I might have forgiven , an o's being wry , a limp in an e , or a cock in an in -- but to have the sweet babe of my brain served in pi ! I am not queasy - stomached , but such a Thyestean ...
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... in the shade of his mistress , As dull as a volume of old Chester mysteries , Or as those puzzling specimens , which , in old histories , We read of his verses — the Oracles , namely ,( I wonder the Greeks should have swallowed them ...
... in the shade of his mistress , As dull as a volume of old Chester mysteries , Or as those puzzling specimens , which , in old histories , We read of his verses — the Oracles , namely ,( I wonder the Greeks should have swallowed them ...
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... I say , being sick of their rioting , ( Though he sometimes acknowledged their verse had a quieting Effect after dinner , and seemed to suggest a Retreat to the shrine of a tranquil siesta , ) Kept our Hero at hand , who , by means ...
... I say , being sick of their rioting , ( Though he sometimes acknowledged their verse had a quieting Effect after dinner , and seemed to suggest a Retreat to the shrine of a tranquil siesta , ) Kept our Hero at hand , who , by means ...
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... Who beflead with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze , Describes , ( the first verse somehow ends with victoire ) As dispersant partout et ses membres et sa gloire ; Or , if I were over - desirous of earning A repute among noodles for ...
... Who beflead with bad verses poor Louis Quatorze , Describes , ( the first verse somehow ends with victoire ) As dispersant partout et ses membres et sa gloire ; Or , if I were over - desirous of earning A repute among noodles for ...
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