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Page 99
... Walk in this Place last Night between the Hours of Nine and Ten , and could not but fancy it one of the most proper Scenes in the World for a Ghost to appear in . The Ruins of the Abbey are scattered up and down on every Side , and half ...
... Walk in this Place last Night between the Hours of Nine and Ten , and could not but fancy it one of the most proper Scenes in the World for a Ghost to appear in . The Ruins of the Abbey are scattered up and down on every Side , and half ...
Page 129
... Walks and Bowers , with the Choirs of Birds that sung upon the Trees , and the loose Tribe of People that walk'd under their Shades , I could not but look upon the Place as a kind of Mahometan Paradise . Sir ROGER told me it put him in ...
... Walks and Bowers , with the Choirs of Birds that sung upon the Trees , and the loose Tribe of People that walk'd under their Shades , I could not but look upon the Place as a kind of Mahometan Paradise . Sir ROGER told me it put him in ...
Page 456
... walk with : a short and sturdy Irish gentleman , with a large , genial grey head stored with odd lore and the best literature ; and the heart of a child . I never knew a man of so transparent a character . He showed you all his thoughts ...
... walk with : a short and sturdy Irish gentleman , with a large , genial grey head stored with odd lore and the best literature ; and the heart of a child . I never knew a man of so transparent a character . He showed you all his thoughts ...
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