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... Scene from the Poor Gentleman 90. Folly of Intoxication . 92. The Evils of War . · 94. Origin of Property 95. British Refugees · · · 97. The Discontented Pendulum 99. Grateful Old Age • 101. Memory of our Fathers . . Patrick Henry . 251 ...
... Scene from the Poor Gentleman 90. Folly of Intoxication . 92. The Evils of War . · 94. Origin of Property 95. British Refugees · · · 97. The Discontented Pendulum 99. Grateful Old Age • 101. Memory of our Fathers . . Patrick Henry . 251 ...
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... scenes || dispense serener light , And milder moons || imparadise the night ; Oh , thou shalt find , || howe'er thy footsteps roam , That land - thy country || and that spot - thy home . 6. In slumbers of midnight || the sailor | boy ...
... scenes || dispense serener light , And milder moons || imparadise the night ; Oh , thou shalt find , || howe'er thy footsteps roam , That land - thy country || and that spot - thy home . 6. In slumbers of midnight || the sailor | boy ...
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... scene as if for her own amusement . 6. " We had as yet seen but a few of the wonders of the place ; and we were introduced only into the portico of this amazing temple . In one corner of this half - illuminated recess , there appeared ...
... scene as if for her own amusement . 6. " We had as yet seen but a few of the wonders of the place ; and we were introduced only into the portico of this amazing temple . In one corner of this half - illuminated recess , there appeared ...
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... scene ; the whole roof hung with solid icicles , transparent as glass , yet solid as marble . 11. " The eye could scarcely reach the lofty and noble ceiling ; the sides were regularly formed with spars ; and the whole presented the idea ...
... scene ; the whole roof hung with solid icicles , transparent as glass , yet solid as marble . 11. " The eye could scarcely reach the lofty and noble ceiling ; the sides were regularly formed with spars ; and the whole presented the idea ...
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... scene may serve to give us some idea of the subterraneous wonders of nature . EXERCISE II . THE THUNDER STORM . FROM THOMSON . JAMES THOMSON was born in Scotland , in 1700. His fame rests chiefly on the poem of " The Seasons , " which ...
... scene may serve to give us some idea of the subterraneous wonders of nature . EXERCISE II . THE THUNDER STORM . FROM THOMSON . JAMES THOMSON was born in Scotland , in 1700. His fame rests chiefly on the poem of " The Seasons , " which ...
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