Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 - English literature |
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... Philosophers on the Immortality Marie Antoinette , Queen of France , of the Soul , • The Order of Nobility , The City of Bagdad - Magnificence of the Caliphs , Conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders , A.D. 1099 , 196 Dependence of ...
... Philosophers on the Immortality Marie Antoinette , Queen of France , of the Soul , • The Order of Nobility , The City of Bagdad - Magnificence of the Caliphs , Conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders , A.D. 1099 , 196 Dependence of ...
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... philosopher can scorn , Should his heart own a gleaner in the field : And thus in secret to his soul he sighed : " What pity ! that so delicate a form , By beauty kindled , where enlivening sense And more than vulgar goodness seem to ...
... philosopher can scorn , Should his heart own a gleaner in the field : And thus in secret to his soul he sighed : " What pity ! that so delicate a form , By beauty kindled , where enlivening sense And more than vulgar goodness seem to ...
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... philosopher advised her to dance with him , and show him every mark of her kindness , as if she had re- solved to favour his suit . The lady adopted the counsel , and the success of the experiment was com- plete . Hamilton wrote a ...
... philosopher advised her to dance with him , and show him every mark of her kindness , as if she had re- solved to favour his suit . The lady adopted the counsel , and the success of the experiment was com- plete . Hamilton wrote a ...
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... philosopher . His motto is , take the good the gods provide you , ' but take it in moderation . 6 When you smooth The brows of care , indulge your festive vein In cups by well - informed experience found The least your bane , and only ...
... philosopher . His motto is , take the good the gods provide you , ' but take it in moderation . 6 When you smooth The brows of care , indulge your festive vein In cups by well - informed experience found The least your bane , and only ...
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... philosopher , Sir David Brewster . The eager- ness of Macpherson for the admiration of his fellow- creatures was seen by some of the bequests of his will . He ordered that his body should be interred in Westminster Abbey , and that a ...
... philosopher , Sir David Brewster . The eager- ness of Macpherson for the admiration of his fellow- creatures was seen by some of the bequests of his will . He ordered that his body should be interred in Westminster Abbey , and that a ...
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