Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... hast done , Home art gone , and ta'en thy wages . exegi monumentum , " and other valedictory vain - glories of the classic poets , were very safe au- guries , for they were either altogether unknown , or known to be true : Both bound ...
... hast done , Home art gone , and ta'en thy wages . exegi monumentum , " and other valedictory vain - glories of the classic poets , were very safe au- guries , for they were either altogether unknown , or known to be true : Both bound ...
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... hast been dreaming of some previous bliss In other worlds , for thou art new to this . Hast thou been wafted to Elysian bowers , In some blest star where thou hast pre - existed ; Inhaled th ' ecstatic fragrancy of flowers Around the ...
... hast been dreaming of some previous bliss In other worlds , for thou art new to this . Hast thou been wafted to Elysian bowers , In some blest star where thou hast pre - existed ; Inhaled th ' ecstatic fragrancy of flowers Around the ...
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... hast acted Dummy , Thou hast a tongue - come - let us hear its tune ; Thou ' rt standing on thy legs , above - ground , Mummy ! Revisiting the glimpses of the moon , Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures , But with thy bones and ...
... hast acted Dummy , Thou hast a tongue - come - let us hear its tune ; Thou ' rt standing on thy legs , above - ground , Mummy ! Revisiting the glimpses of the moon , Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures , But with thy bones and ...
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... hast slumber'd , What hast thou seen - what strange adventures number'd ? Since first thy form was in this box extended , 138 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... hast slumber'd , What hast thou seen - what strange adventures number'd ? Since first thy form was in this box extended , 138 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... sad event ! ) Thou didst uphold and represent The House of Orange . To tell what changes thou hast seen , Each grand ADDRESS TO THE ORANGE TREE . 165 Address to the Orange Tree at Versailles The Cemetery of Père La Chaise, at Paris.
... sad event ! ) Thou didst uphold and represent The House of Orange . To tell what changes thou hast seen , Each grand ADDRESS TO THE ORANGE TREE . 165 Address to the Orange Tree at Versailles The Cemetery of Père La Chaise, at Paris.
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