Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Volume 7D. Appleton, 1879 |
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Page 26
... lands of intellect , -for raising poet- ical produce , by means of bounties , from soil too meagre to have yielded any returns in the natural course of things . The plan for the cultivation of Dartmoor has , I hear , been abandoned . I ...
... lands of intellect , -for raising poet- ical produce , by means of bounties , from soil too meagre to have yielded any returns in the natural course of things . The plan for the cultivation of Dartmoor has , I hear , been abandoned . I ...
Page 28
... land yield its increase , and the fruits of the earth shall be no more blasted by the ven- geance of heaven . ” " Nay , " said the King , " the ground lies under no gen- eral curse from Heaven . The season has been singularly good . The ...
... land yield its increase , and the fruits of the earth shall be no more blasted by the ven- geance of heaven . ” " Nay , " said the King , " the ground lies under no gen- eral curse from Heaven . The season has been singularly good . The ...
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... lands are poor , and have never yielded them any returns equal to the prizes which the king proposed . Wherefore ... land bear good vines . Know therefore , assuredly , that your prizes have increased the quantity of bad but not of ...
... lands are poor , and have never yielded them any returns equal to the prizes which the king proposed . Wherefore ... land bear good vines . Know therefore , assuredly , that your prizes have increased the quantity of bad but not of ...
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... land where thou art prosperous is thy country ? " Surely we ought to say to every lady " The land where thou art pretty is thy country . " Besides , to exclude foreign beauties from the chorus of the initiated in the Elysian fields is ...
... land where thou art prosperous is thy country ? " Surely we ought to say to every lady " The land where thou art pretty is thy country . " Besides , to exclude foreign beauties from the chorus of the initiated in the Elysian fields is ...
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... lands , his house , his altars . It was something that he marched forth to battle beneath the Carroccio , which had been the object of his childish ven- eration ; that his aged father looked down from the battle- ments on his exploits ...
... lands , his house , his altars . It was something that he marched forth to battle beneath the Carroccio , which had been the object of his childish ven- eration ; that his aged father looked down from the battle- ments on his exploits ...
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