The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 21John Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... sight of a frozen water - fall , arrested in its descent , and with all its volume , spray , and mist , as if by the hand of some enchanter , changed into stone . At last we arrived at the place of graves . It was an acclivity of the ...
... sight of a frozen water - fall , arrested in its descent , and with all its volume , spray , and mist , as if by the hand of some enchanter , changed into stone . At last we arrived at the place of graves . It was an acclivity of the ...
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... sight doth rise a birchen tree , Which Learning near her little dome did show ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see , Though now so wide its waving branches flow , And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the ...
... sight doth rise a birchen tree , Which Learning near her little dome did show ; Whilom a twig of small regard to see , Though now so wide its waving branches flow , And work the simple vassals mickle woe ; For not a wind might curl the ...
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... sight , I ween . Ah , luckless he , and born beneath the beam Of evil star ! It irks me while I write ; As erst the bard by Mulla's silver stream , Oft as he told of deadly , dolorous plight , Sighed as he sung , and did in tears indite ...
... sight , I ween . Ah , luckless he , and born beneath the beam Of evil star ! It irks me while I write ; As erst the bard by Mulla's silver stream , Oft as he told of deadly , dolorous plight , Sighed as he sung , and did in tears indite ...
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... sight Clearly recall ? A month now has passed , And her sad history remains yet a mystery ; But these we keep still , and shall keep them until Hope dies at last . • Was she a prey Of some deep sorrow clouding the morrow , Hiding from ...
... sight Clearly recall ? A month now has passed , And her sad history remains yet a mystery ; But these we keep still , and shall keep them until Hope dies at last . • Was she a prey Of some deep sorrow clouding the morrow , Hiding from ...
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... sight of the moving people and of the streets of the wonderful city opening out on every side , full of palaces and glittering shops and stalls , and crowded with life and gayety , turned his halting choice back again in the opposite ...
... sight of the moving people and of the streets of the wonderful city opening out on every side , full of palaces and glittering shops and stalls , and crowded with life and gayety , turned his halting choice back again in the opposite ...
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