The elocutionist, a collection of pieces in prose and verse [by various authors, ed.] by J.S. KnowlesJames Sheridan Knowles 1825 |
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... darkness was under his feet and he did ride upon a cherub , and did fly ; yea , he did fly upon the wings of the wind . He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters , and thick clouds of the sky ...
... darkness was under his feet and he did ride upon a cherub , and did fly ; yea , he did fly upon the wings of the wind . He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters , and thick clouds of the sky ...
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... dark storms pour from two echoing hills , so towards each other approached the heroes . As two dark streams from high rocks meet , and mix , and roar on the plain ; loud , rough , and dark , in battle , met Lochlin and Innis - fail ...
... dark storms pour from two echoing hills , so towards each other approached the heroes . As two dark streams from high rocks meet , and mix , and roar on the plain ; loud , rough , and dark , in battle , met Lochlin and Innis - fail ...
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... dark ocean assaults the shore of the desert ; so roaring , so vast , so terrible , the armies mixed on Lena's echoing heath . The groan of the people spread over the hills . It was like the thunder of night , when the clouds burst on ...
... dark ocean assaults the shore of the desert ; so roaring , so vast , so terrible , the armies mixed on Lena's echoing heath . The groan of the people spread over the hills . It was like the thunder of night , when the clouds burst on ...
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... dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds , and gloomy imaginations ; but , for my own part , though I am always serious , I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of Nature in her deep and solemn ...
... dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds , and gloomy imaginations ; but , for my own part , though I am always serious , I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of Nature in her deep and solemn ...
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... dark the place of thine abode . With three steps I compass thy grave , O thou who wast so great before ! Four stones , with their heads of moss , are the only memorial of thee . A tree , with scarce a leaf - long grass whistling in the ...
... dark the place of thine abode . With three steps I compass thy grave , O thou who wast so great before ! Four stones , with their heads of moss , are the only memorial of thee . A tree , with scarce a leaf - long grass whistling in the ...
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