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... never meant , was never us'd before , To buckram out the mem'ry of a man . But hush ! -the muse perhaps is too severe ; And , with a gravity beyond the size And measure of th ' offence , rebukes a deed Less impious than absurd , and ...
... never meant , was never us'd before , To buckram out the mem'ry of a man . But hush ! -the muse perhaps is too severe ; And , with a gravity beyond the size And measure of th ' offence , rebukes a deed Less impious than absurd , and ...
Page 312
... never heard , Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd . Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more . My friends ...
... never heard , Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd . Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more . My friends ...
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... never get through . " " So think I : - But , by the bye , We never shall know , if we never should try . " 42 She . " But should we get there , how shall we get home ? What a terrible deal of bad road we have past ! Slipping and sliding ...
... never get through . " " So think I : - But , by the bye , We never shall know , if we never should try . " 42 She . " But should we get there , how shall we get home ? What a terrible deal of bad road we have past ! Slipping and sliding ...
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