Fitz-Raymond; Or, The Rambler on the Rhine: A Metrico- Political Sketch of Past and Present Times |
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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 . Timber floats . And happy hamlet , and sweet smiling maiden , In CANTO I. FITZ - RAYMOND .
... 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 . Timber floats . And happy hamlet , and sweet smiling maiden , In CANTO I. FITZ - RAYMOND .
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... sweet smiling maiden , In costly guise , and graceful attitude ; Awake in us the surety of that good , Which springs from peace , and arts , and enterprise ; As , on the smoking barge , in sapient mood , We ponder on man's works , and ...
... sweet smiling maiden , In costly guise , and graceful attitude ; Awake in us the surety of that good , Which springs from peace , and arts , and enterprise ; As , on the smoking barge , in sapient mood , We ponder on man's works , and ...
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... sweet pious mission bent . XII . Travelling . And who so graceful , paces by the prow ? The matron mother - her accomplish'd lord , So long the terror of his country's foe , — His country's pride ! —had left a soldier's sword , To sleep ...
... sweet pious mission bent . XII . Travelling . And who so graceful , paces by the prow ? The matron mother - her accomplish'd lord , So long the terror of his country's foe , — His country's pride ! —had left a soldier's sword , To sleep ...
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... sweet intellect : a brilliant noon , Array'd in blushing morn ! -so stood confess'd , That Dian , whom the Greeks ador'd and bless'd . Female Ex- cellence . 1 The name of the steam - vessel that was descending the Rhine . 2 This episode ...
... sweet intellect : a brilliant noon , Array'd in blushing morn ! -so stood confess'd , That Dian , whom the Greeks ador'd and bless'd . Female Ex- cellence . 1 The name of the steam - vessel that was descending the Rhine . 2 This episode ...
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... sweets , He only frets himself , who fumes and scolds At cureless ills- -how oft must this be told ? XVI . Nay , there are those , and certes oft have been , Who could from real ills , draw real weal ; " Tis said that Socrates's ...
... sweets , He only frets himself , who fumes and scolds At cureless ills- -how oft must this be told ? XVI . Nay , there are those , and certes oft have been , Who could from real ills , draw real weal ; " Tis said that Socrates's ...
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