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1 The summer of 1830 was peculiarly wet and cold , and , on that account , injurious to the labours of the husbandmen on the banks of the Rhine . And happy hamlet , and sweet smiling maiden , In CANTO ...
1 The summer of 1830 was peculiarly wet and cold , and , on that account , injurious to the labours of the husbandmen on the banks of the Rhine . And happy hamlet , and sweet smiling maiden , In CANTO ...
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She joyous waves her hand — that hand in sooth , So oft extended to the indigent ; Sure they were cold , unfeeling , and uncouth , Who would not hail her almost angel sent , From heaven on some sweet pious mission bent . XII . prow ?
She joyous waves her hand — that hand in sooth , So oft extended to the indigent ; Sure they were cold , unfeeling , and uncouth , Who would not hail her almost angel sent , From heaven on some sweet pious mission bent . XII . prow ?
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... But we have sights to see of rarer dye , And lesser must give place to greater treats ; Thou swear'st the torture from those scorching heats Is tenfold worse than was the pinching cold ; But we must take the bitters with the sweets ...
... But we have sights to see of rarer dye , And lesser must give place to greater treats ; Thou swear'st the torture from those scorching heats Is tenfold worse than was the pinching cold ; But we must take the bitters with the sweets ...
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It has been said - indeed the proverb's oldThat “ Bad's the wind that blows not good to some one , ” And so we'd also say of frost and cold , Although , perhaps , it does not well become one ( Howe'er may freely speak a gruff and grum ...
It has been said - indeed the proverb's oldThat “ Bad's the wind that blows not good to some one , ” And so we'd also say of frost and cold , Although , perhaps , it does not well become one ( Howe'er may freely speak a gruff and grum ...
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The Romans wrote — and ages have believ'd , That when the spirit of that mighty man , Had sped , and many a noble heart had griev'd When cold the blood , which late so fervent ranThe Romans wrote- let those deny who canThat then the ...
The Romans wrote — and ages have believ'd , That when the spirit of that mighty man , Had sped , and many a noble heart had griev'd When cold the blood , which late so fervent ranThe Romans wrote- let those deny who canThat then the ...
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| Title | Fitz-Raymond; Or, The Rambler on the Rhine: A Metrico- Political Sketch of Past and Present Times |
| Author | Sir Whitelaw Ainslie |
| Publisher | A. Black, 1831 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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