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... verse 626. The rife of fountains and rivers in AUTUMN , verse 781. A man perishing in the snows , in WINTER , verse 277. The wolves de- fcending from the Alps , and a view of win- ter within the polar circle , verse 809 , which are all ...
... verse 626. The rife of fountains and rivers in AUTUMN , verse 781. A man perishing in the snows , in WINTER , verse 277. The wolves de- fcending from the Alps , and a view of win- ter within the polar circle , verse 809 , which are all ...
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... verses of Quinault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and as it were seized with a kind of enthusiasm ; he ran instantly to his harpsichord , and striking a few cords , fung in recita- tive these four lines in the Iphigenia ...
... verses of Quinault , was immediately animated with the reproach , and as it were seized with a kind of enthusiasm ; he ran instantly to his harpsichord , and striking a few cords , fung in recita- tive these four lines in the Iphigenia ...
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... verses of eight fyllables : but in this piece , the four authors first used verses of TWELVE fyllables , as more folemn and majestic . And this was the origin , though but little known , of those verfes which we ' now ' call ...
... verses of eight fyllables : but in this piece , the four authors first used verses of TWELVE fyllables , as more folemn and majestic . And this was the origin , though but little known , of those verfes which we ' now ' call ...
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