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... mind from the shackles of a prevalent artificial style , gave a liberty to appreciate and enjoy the truer poetry of nature . But it must be granted that the diction and style of many of our elder poets are so rude as to render the ...
... mind from the shackles of a prevalent artificial style , gave a liberty to appreciate and enjoy the truer poetry of nature . But it must be granted that the diction and style of many of our elder poets are so rude as to render the ...
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... mind from the shackles of a prevalent artificial style , gave a liberty to appreciate and enjoy the truer poetry of nature . But it must be granted that the diction and style of many of our elder poets are so rude as to render the ...
... mind from the shackles of a prevalent artificial style , gave a liberty to appreciate and enjoy the truer poetry of nature . But it must be granted that the diction and style of many of our elder poets are so rude as to render the ...
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... mind might meet my malady ; Medicine's mere mockery murders me . " Similar to the above are the following verses , which appeared some time ago in a volume of poems called " Songs of Singularity , " by the London Hermit . They are ...
... mind might meet my malady ; Medicine's mere mockery murders me . " Similar to the above are the following verses , which appeared some time ago in a volume of poems called " Songs of Singularity , " by the London Hermit . They are ...
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... mind , my memory , Must mingling murmur ' Madeline . ' Muster ' mid midnight masquerades , Mark Moorish maidens ' , matrons ' mien , ' Mongst Murcia's most majestic maids Match me my matchless Madeline . Mankind's malevolence may make ...
... mind , my memory , Must mingling murmur ' Madeline . ' Muster ' mid midnight masquerades , Mark Moorish maidens ' , matrons ' mien , ' Mongst Murcia's most majestic maids Match me my matchless Madeline . Mankind's malevolence may make ...
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... mind to mend in every line- Down strokes are black , but upper strokes are fine . Enlarge your writing if it be too small ; Full in proportion make your letters all ; Game not in school - time , when you ought to write ; Hold in your ...
... mind to mend in every line- Down strokes are black , but upper strokes are fine . Enlarge your writing if it be too small ; Full in proportion make your letters all ; Game not in school - time , when you ought to write ; Hold in your ...
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