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... poem , wrote back inquiring whether the the sudden appearance to the writer of an author had not intended the title to be in oversetting of Schiller's poem ' Hope , ' which the plural or ' An Horatian Echo . ' To this is to be found in ...
... poem , wrote back inquiring whether the the sudden appearance to the writer of an author had not intended the title to be in oversetting of Schiller's poem ' Hope , ' which the plural or ' An Horatian Echo . ' To this is to be found in ...
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... poem at the end of the Passover subjects used by the Jews , which some of them " regard as a parable of the past and future of the Holy Land . " H. A. STRONG . University , Liverpool . The late J. O. Halliwell ( ' Nursery Rhymes and ...
... poem at the end of the Passover subjects used by the Jews , which some of them " regard as a parable of the past and future of the Holy Land . " H. A. STRONG . University , Liverpool . The late J. O. Halliwell ( ' Nursery Rhymes and ...
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... poem beginning thus : - To see a world in a grain of sand , And a heaven in a wild flower : Hold infinity in the palm of your hand , And eternity in an hour . See his Poetical Works , ' edited by W. Rossetti , p . 180 ( Bell & Sons ...
... poem beginning thus : - To see a world in a grain of sand , And a heaven in a wild flower : Hold infinity in the palm of your hand , And eternity in an hour . See his Poetical Works , ' edited by W. Rossetti , p . 180 ( Bell & Sons ...
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... poem may be found in Old- Fashioned Children's Books , ' published by Andrew W. Tuer , at the Leadenhall Press , in 1900 , entitled ' The Dandy's Ball . ' The original date given is 1823 , but nothing is said about the author's name ...
... poem may be found in Old- Fashioned Children's Books , ' published by Andrew W. Tuer , at the Leadenhall Press , in 1900 , entitled ' The Dandy's Ball . ' The original date given is 1823 , but nothing is said about the author's name ...
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... poem by Thomas Hardy opens the number . Next comes an interesting and valuable paper by Mr. John Burns on ' London MR . P. LANDON sends to The Fortnightly a warm Old and New , ' which is admirably illustrated . Im- encomium upon London ...
... poem by Thomas Hardy opens the number . Next comes an interesting and valuable paper by Mr. John Burns on ' London MR . P. LANDON sends to The Fortnightly a warm Old and New , ' which is admirably illustrated . Im- encomium upon London ...
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Page 240 - Christian truth, is in its rudiments or in its separate parts to be found in heathen philosophies and religions. For instance, the doctrine of a Trinity is found both in the East and in the West ; so is the ceremony of washing ; so is the rite of sacrifice. The doctrine of the Divine Word...
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