The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Travesty. [By O. Neville.]H. Colburn, 1811 - 237 pages |
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... passing ear , The string to make Cromona stare . He passed where Carlisle's parsonage , That stands the test of time and age , Contains within the cleric sage : The son of Orpheus sighed a sigh , No nearer resting - place was nigh , No ...
... passing ear , The string to make Cromona stare . He passed where Carlisle's parsonage , That stands the test of time and age , Contains within the cleric sage : The son of Orpheus sighed a sigh , No nearer resting - place was nigh , No ...
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... passing crowd around ; And he began to ope his eyes , To sing of rapes and bigamies , And to talk with great decision , Spare us , God ! of circumcision ; And would the Parson's wife but deign To listen to his murderous strain , Tho ...
... passing crowd around ; And he began to ope his eyes , To sing of rapes and bigamies , And to talk with great decision , Spare us , God ! of circumcision ; And would the Parson's wife but deign To listen to his murderous strain , Tho ...
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... church , and the knight passing at that time , gave out , without mature consideration , what should and could only have been brought about by reflection . II . The counter was cleared , ' twas holiday 12 CANTO I. THE LAY OF THE.
... church , and the knight passing at that time , gave out , without mature consideration , what should and could only have been brought about by reflection . II . The counter was cleared , ' twas holiday 12 CANTO I. THE LAY OF THE.
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... passing by , and occasionally swearing at a miserable beggar , we can no longer doubt but the whig is laid aside , and he is become a decided petition rejector . Manners with fortunes , humours change with climes , Tenets with books ...
... passing by , and occasionally swearing at a miserable beggar , we can no longer doubt but the whig is laid aside , and he is become a decided petition rejector . Manners with fortunes , humours change with climes , Tenets with books ...
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... passed Stitchitfair The ancient hamlet Bellicrost , ( p ) Those who study the English language grammatically , will find that the two letters et are nearly responsive in that language to the diminutive ino in the Italian . Thus ...
... passed Stitchitfair The ancient hamlet Bellicrost , ( p ) Those who study the English language grammatically , will find that the two letters et are nearly responsive in that language to the diminutive ino in the Italian . Thus ...
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