The poetical works of James R. Lowell, Том 2Ticknor and Fields., 1858 |
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... mean place in the kingdom of letters ; Far happier than many a literary hack , He bore only paper - mill rags on his back ; ( For it makes a vast difference which side the mill One expends on the paper his labor and skill ; ) So , when ...
... mean place in the kingdom of letters ; Far happier than many a literary hack , He bore only paper - mill rags on his back ; ( For it makes a vast difference which side the mill One expends on the paper his labor and skill ; ) So , when ...
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... meaning dunce , with the best of in- tentions . A terrible fellow to meet in society , Not the toast that he buttered was ever so dry at tea ; There he'd sit at the table and stir in his sugar , Crouching close for a spring , all the ...
... meaning dunce , with the best of in- tentions . A terrible fellow to meet in society , Not the toast that he buttered was ever so dry at tea ; There he'd sit at the table and stir in his sugar , Crouching close for a spring , all the ...
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... means of a bray , Which he gave to the life , drove the rabble away ; And if that wouldn't do , he was sure to succeed , If he took his review out and offered to read ; Or , failing in plans of this milder description , 32 A FABLE FOR ...
... means of a bray , Which he gave to the life , drove the rabble away ; And if that wouldn't do , he was sure to succeed , If he took his review out and offered to read ; Or , failing in plans of this milder description , 32 A FABLE FOR ...
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... means self - defence only sanctioned his trying , ' Tis mere massacre now that the enemy's flying ; If he's forced to ' t again , and we happen to be there , Give us each a large handkerchief soaked in strong ether . " I called this a ...
... means self - defence only sanctioned his trying , ' Tis mere massacre now that the enemy's flying ; If he's forced to ' t again , and we happen to be there , Give us each a large handkerchief soaked in strong ether . " I called this a ...
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... . He was gone a long time , and Apollo mean- while , Went over some sonnets of his with a file , For of all compositions , he thought that the son- net Best repaid all the toil you expended upon it ; A FABLE FOR CRITICS . 35.
... . He was gone a long time , and Apollo mean- while , Went over some sonnets of his with a file , For of all compositions , he thought that the son- net Best repaid all the toil you expended upon it ; A FABLE FOR CRITICS . 35.
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