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... Spanish throne . The picture of Montezuma , here only poetically true , may be read in the eloquent page of Prescott , or in Robertson's America , " ii . 177. Edit . 1801 . No land but listens to the common call , And CHARITY .
... Spanish throne . The picture of Montezuma , here only poetically true , may be read in the eloquent page of Prescott , or in Robertson's America , " ii . 177. Edit . 1801 . No land but listens to the common call , And CHARITY .
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... poetically objectionable , and are modifications of tongues which exist more purely in the ' Lallans ' of Scotland , it seemed to him that when expressing the general peasant life of the empire he might employ the central truth of that ...
... poetically objectionable , and are modifications of tongues which exist more purely in the ' Lallans ' of Scotland , it seemed to him that when expressing the general peasant life of the empire he might employ the central truth of that ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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