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... iron - gray staghound , of most grave demeanor , who took no part in the clamor of the canine rabble , but seemed to consider himself bound , for the dignity of the house , to give me a courteous reception . " Before Scott reached the ...
... iron - gray staghound , of most grave demeanor , who took no part in the clamor of the canine rabble , but seemed to consider himself bound , for the dignity of the house , to give me a courteous reception . " Before Scott reached the ...
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... The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed , old manners gone ; A stranger filled the Stuarts ' throne ; The bigots of the iron ° time Had called his harmless art a crime . TO 15 20 A wandering harper , scorned and poor , He begged B ...
... The unpremeditated lay : Old times were changed , old manners gone ; A stranger filled the Stuarts ' throne ; The bigots of the iron ° time Had called his harmless art a crime . TO 15 20 A wandering harper , scorned and poor , He begged B ...
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... iron door Against the desolate and poor . The ' Duchess marked his weary pace , His timid mien , and reverend face , And bade her page the menials tell That they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity , Though born ...
... iron door Against the desolate and poor . The ' Duchess marked his weary pace , His timid mien , and reverend face , And bade her page the menials tell That they should tend the old man well : For she had known adversity , Though born ...
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... iron pent , With shirt of ' hair and scourge of thorn , For threescore years , in penance spent , My knees those flinty stones have worn ; Yet all too little to atone For knowing what should ne'er be known . Wouldst thou thy every ...
... iron pent , With shirt of ' hair and scourge of thorn , For threescore years , in penance spent , My knees those flinty stones have worn ; Yet all too little to atone For knowing what should ne'er be known . Wouldst thou thy every ...
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... iron clang sounds strange to my ear . XIII " In these far climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous ' Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame That when , in Salamanca's cave , Him listed his magic wand to wave , The bells would ...
... iron clang sounds strange to my ear . XIII " In these far climes it was my lot To meet the wondrous ' Michael Scott ; A wizard of such dreaded fame That when , in Salamanca's cave , Him listed his magic wand to wave , The bells would ...
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