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... any do , she hath honey in her bag will cure thee too . QUARLES . PREFACE . — p . 37 . Oh for a quill plucked from a Seraph's wing ! INITIAL CHAPTER . - p . 43 . Ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα . — HOMER . YOUNG . THE DOCTOR , & c . Eccoti il libro ; ...
... any do , she hath honey in her bag will cure thee too . QUARLES . PREFACE . — p . 37 . Oh for a quill plucked from a Seraph's wing ! INITIAL CHAPTER . - p . 43 . Ἐξ οὗ δὴ τὰ πρῶτα . — HOMER . YOUNG . THE DOCTOR , & c . Eccoti il libro ; ...
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... YOUNG . So the Poet exclaimed ; and his exclamation may be quoted as one example more of the vanity of human wishes ; for in order to get a Seraph's quill it would be necessary , according to Mrs. Glasse's excellent item in her ...
... YOUNG . So the Poet exclaimed ; and his exclamation may be quoted as one example more of the vanity of human wishes ; for in order to get a Seraph's quill it would be necessary , according to Mrs. Glasse's excellent item in her ...
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... young Daniel was capable of more instruction than could be given him at home . Richard Guy was his name ; he is the person to whom the lovers of old rhyme are indebted for the preservation of the old poem of Flodden Field , which he ...
... young Daniel was capable of more instruction than could be given him at home . Richard Guy was his name ; he is the person to whom the lovers of old rhyme are indebted for the preservation of the old poem of Flodden Field , which he ...
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... young Daniel , who was then in his sixth year , looking up in his father's face proposed this question : " will it be any harm , Father , if I steal five beans when next I go into Jonathan Dowthwaites , if I can do it without any one's ...
... young Daniel , who was then in his sixth year , looking up in his father's face proposed this question : " will it be any harm , Father , if I steal five beans when next I go into Jonathan Dowthwaites , if I can do it without any one's ...
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... young Daniel revolved his hands one in another within the empty basin , as if washing them . " I feel them cold and clammy Father ! " said the boy . ( It was the beginning of November ) " Aye , " replied the father , " that's the cold ...
... young Daniel revolved his hands one in another within the empty basin , as if washing them . " I feel them cold and clammy Father ! " said the boy . ( It was the beginning of November ) " Aye , " replied the father , " that's the cold ...
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