The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...Ticknor and Fields, 1866 |
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... wish to say aught to you all , my poor critics , but- pish ! I have buried the hatchet ; I am twisting an allumette out of one of you now , and relighting my calumet . In your private capacities , come when you please , I will give you ...
... wish to say aught to you all , my poor critics , but- pish ! I have buried the hatchet ; I am twisting an allumette out of one of you now , and relighting my calumet . In your private capacities , come when you please , I will give you ...
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... wish to correct for my personal sake . For instance , a character drawn in pure fun and condensing the traits of a dozen in one , has been , as I hear by some persons applied to a good friend of mine , whom to stab in the side , as we ...
... wish to correct for my personal sake . For instance , a character drawn in pure fun and condensing the traits of a dozen in one , has been , as I hear by some persons applied to a good friend of mine , whom to stab in the side , as we ...
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... wishes it clearly impressed on your mind , That the weather - cock rules and not follows the wind ; Proving first , then as deftly confuting each side , With no doctrine pleased that's not somewhere denied , He lays the denier away on ...
... wishes it clearly impressed on your mind , That the weather - cock rules and not follows the wind ; Proving first , then as deftly confuting each side , With no doctrine pleased that's not somewhere denied , He lays the denier away on ...
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... 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 telling her once of a marvellous aloe That for thousands of years had looked spindling ...
... 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 telling her once of a marvellous aloe That for thousands of years had looked spindling ...
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... soon will be too scant To keep our children out of want ; They who wish fortune to be lasting Must be both prudent and forecasting ; We soon shall need more land ; a lot I know , that cheaply can be bo't ; You 128 INTRODUCTION .
... soon will be too scant To keep our children out of want ; They who wish fortune to be lasting Must be both prudent and forecasting ; We soon shall need more land ; a lot I know , that cheaply can be bo't ; You 128 INTRODUCTION .
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