The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... present first representative district , and the first and second precincts of the present second representative district . " Fourth district . The third to the fifteenth precincts , inclusive , of the present second representative ...
... present first representative district , and the first and second precincts of the present second representative district . " Fourth district . The third to the fifteenth precincts , inclusive , of the present second representative ...
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... present system, was, that 10,000l. was quite adequate and sufficient for the support and maintenance of the forts. This, we believe, was one of the strongest reasons for those ministers adopting their scheme, which had as much truth in ...
... present system, was, that 10,000l. was quite adequate and sufficient for the support and maintenance of the forts. This, we believe, was one of the strongest reasons for those ministers adopting their scheme, which had as much truth in ...
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... present moment , there have been professed orators and professed metaphysicians , whose great pride has been to maintain what they did not believe , and by beating down their antagonists , display their superior abilities . We take a ...
... present moment , there have been professed orators and professed metaphysicians , whose great pride has been to maintain what they did not believe , and by beating down their antagonists , display their superior abilities . We take a ...
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... beautiful and most etherial , weaves therefrom its own pure essence . The deeper the fugue descends , the brighter becomes this image , like stars in the dark night . Then sinks the storm , and my soul 14 THE GOLDEN PRESENT .
... beautiful and most etherial , weaves therefrom its own pure essence . The deeper the fugue descends , the brighter becomes this image , like stars in the dark night . Then sinks the storm , and my soul 14 THE GOLDEN PRESENT .
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... present arcades , by which light and air are admitted . Between these two buildings is a fountain , erected after the designs of Gois junior . It presents a shell , from which the water falls in a sheet . The shell is supported by three ...
... present arcades , by which light and air are admitted . Between these two buildings is a fountain , erected after the designs of Gois junior . It presents a shell , from which the water falls in a sheet . The shell is supported by three ...
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