Prose and Verse, Volume 2Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - English literature |
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... thou- sands , yea , hundreds of thousands , till every fighting man in the army and navy had a copy , including the marines . The So- ciety , however , has done nothing of the kind ; and it has only acted like society in general towards ...
... thou- sands , yea , hundreds of thousands , till every fighting man in the army and navy had a copy , including the marines . The So- ciety , however , has done nothing of the kind ; and it has only acted like society in general towards ...
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... thou hast been receiving thy half - yearly dividends ( supposing thou art a lean an- nuitant like myself ) -to the Flower Pot , to secure a place for Dalston , or Shacklewell , or some other thy suburban retreat northerly , didst thou ...
... thou hast been receiving thy half - yearly dividends ( supposing thou art a lean an- nuitant like myself ) -to the Flower Pot , to secure a place for Dalston , or Shacklewell , or some other thy suburban retreat northerly , didst thou ...
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... thou art , in the very heart of stirring and living commerce , amid the fret and fever of speculation - with the Bank , and the ' Change , and the India - house about thee , in the hey - day of present prosperity , with their important ...
... thou art , in the very heart of stirring and living commerce , amid the fret and fever of speculation - with the Bank , and the ' Change , and the India - house about thee , in the hey - day of present prosperity , with their important ...
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... thou in an office ? ) — without some quirk that left a sting ! Thy gibes and thy jokes are now extinct , or survive but in two forgotten volumes , which I had the good fortune to rescue from a stall in Barbican , not three days ago ...
... thou in an office ? ) — without some quirk that left a sting ! Thy gibes and thy jokes are now extinct , or survive but in two forgotten volumes , which I had the good fortune to rescue from a stall in Barbican , not three days ago ...
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... thou sangest , mild , child - like , pastoral M ; a flute's breathing less divinely whispering than thy Arcadian melodies , when , in tones worthy of Arden , thou didst chant that song sung by Amiens to the banished Duke , which ...
... thou sangest , mild , child - like , pastoral M ; a flute's breathing less divinely whispering than thy Arcadian melodies , when , in tones worthy of Arden , thou didst chant that song sung by Amiens to the banished Duke , which ...
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