Burkes Speech on Conciliation: Tennyson's The Princess ...Scott, Foresman & Company, 1906 |
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... for an hour in mine own bed She has This morning : there the tender orphan hands Felt at my heart , and seem'd to charm from thence The wrath I nursed against the world . When Cyril pleads with her to give the child back 24 INTRODUCTION.
... for an hour in mine own bed She has This morning : there the tender orphan hands Felt at my heart , and seem'd to charm from thence The wrath I nursed against the world . When Cyril pleads with her to give the child back 24 INTRODUCTION.
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... morning Walter show'd the house , Greek , set with busts : from vases in the hall Flowers of all heavens , and lovelier than their names , Grew side by side ; and on the pavement lay Carved stones of the Abbey - ruin in the park , 15 ...
... morning Walter show'd the house , Greek , set with busts : from vases in the hall Flowers of all heavens , and lovelier than their names , Grew side by side ; and on the pavement lay Carved stones of the Abbey - ruin in the park , 15 ...
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... maiden fancies ; loved to live alone . Among her women ; certain , would not wed . 50 That morning in the presence room I stood With Cyril and with Florian , my two friends : The first , a gentleman of broken means ( His PART I 43 ,
... maiden fancies ; loved to live alone . Among her women ; certain , would not wed . 50 That morning in the presence room I stood With Cyril and with Florian , my two friends : The first , a gentleman of broken means ( His PART I 43 ,
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... morning doves That sun their milky bosoms on the thatch , A patient range of pupils ; she herself Erect behind a desk of satin - wood , A quick brunette , well - moulded , falcon - eyed , And on the hither side , or so she look'd , Of ...
... morning doves That sun their milky bosoms on the thatch , A patient range of pupils ; she herself Erect behind a desk of satin - wood , A quick brunette , well - moulded , falcon - eyed , And on the hither side , or so she look'd , Of ...
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... morning hills , 230 Flung ball , flew kite , and raced the purple fly , And snared the squirrel of the glen ? are you That Psyche , wont to bind my throbbing brow , To smoothe my pillow , mix the foaming draught Of fever , tell me ...
... morning hills , 230 Flung ball , flew kite , and raced the purple fly , And snared the squirrel of the glen ? are you That Psyche , wont to bind my throbbing brow , To smoothe my pillow , mix the foaming draught Of fever , tell me ...
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