The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Travesty. [By O. Neville.]H. Colburn, 1811 - 237 pages |
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Sir Walter Scott. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL , TRAVESTY . CANTO FIRST . I. THE cloth was remov'd at least an hour , And the widow had gone to her summer bower ; The bower about which I'm going to tell , In which her late husband , the ...
Sir Walter Scott. THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL , TRAVESTY . CANTO FIRST . I. THE cloth was remov'd at least an hour , And the widow had gone to her summer bower ; The bower about which I'm going to tell , In which her late husband , the ...
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... with books , and principles with times . ( c ) This species of vegetable , however simple in its nature , is estimated by tailors as a particular dainty . IV . Ten of them in black were clothed , 14 CANTO I. THE LAY OF THE.
... with books , and principles with times . ( c ) This species of vegetable , however simple in its nature , is estimated by tailors as a particular dainty . IV . Ten of them in black were clothed , 14 CANTO I. THE LAY OF THE.
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... had them in Ireland , where they went by the name of humbugs . This was , however , I believe , since the Union , when the word humbug is in every Irishman's mouth . VII . Such is the custom of Backstitch house , 16 CANTO I. THE LAY OF THE.
... had them in Ireland , where they went by the name of humbugs . This was , however , I believe , since the Union , when the word humbug is in every Irishman's mouth . VII . Such is the custom of Backstitch house , 16 CANTO I. THE LAY OF THE.
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... Can penitence the vengeance heal , Or stop the death - fiend's enmity ? Can Christian love , can patriot zeal , Atone for rank indecency ? No ! vainly shall each virtue's self In mutual amity CANTO I. 17 LAST MINSTREL , TRAVESTY .
... Can penitence the vengeance heal , Or stop the death - fiend's enmity ? Can Christian love , can patriot zeal , Atone for rank indecency ? No ! vainly shall each virtue's self In mutual amity CANTO I. 17 LAST MINSTREL , TRAVESTY .
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