Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... woods , and lute - resounding waves . " But when the fields around me are covered with snow , and fogs and darkness are upon the land , I exclaim with Milton , " so much the rather thou , shine inward , 4 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... woods , and lute - resounding waves . " But when the fields around me are covered with snow , and fogs and darkness are upon the land , I exclaim with Milton , " so much the rather thou , shine inward , 4 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... exclaimed in a bird- like voice , but infinitely " more tuncable than lark to shepherd's ear , " - " Feel his heart , - ' tis cold as stone ! He's dead - dead - quite dead and gone ! While in a water - lily sleeping , Down came the ...
... exclaimed in a bird- like voice , but infinitely " more tuncable than lark to shepherd's ear , " - " Feel his heart , - ' tis cold as stone ! He's dead - dead - quite dead and gone ! While in a water - lily sleeping , Down came the ...
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... exclaimed- " Must I leave him ? -Never , never ! Lay me by his side for ever , For my bosom's thrilling smart Tells me , -oh , my heart ! my heart ! " Still the mourner would have spoken , But , alas ! her heart was broken ; - Still her ...
... exclaimed- " Must I leave him ? -Never , never ! Lay me by his side for ever , For my bosom's thrilling smart Tells me , -oh , my heart ! my heart ! " Still the mourner would have spoken , But , alas ! her heart was broken ; - Still her ...
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... exclaims that he has just found it necessary to put a new lock upon his escritoire . Whatever I say to Giulio only serves to awaken his self - love . " - Very true , Signor Gozzi ; but what prompted you to the recital of all these ...
... exclaims that he has just found it necessary to put a new lock upon his escritoire . Whatever I say to Giulio only serves to awaken his self - love . " - Very true , Signor Gozzi ; but what prompted you to the recital of all these ...
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... exclaim in the language of Rogers- " Go , you may call it madness , folly , You shall not steal away my rest ; There's such a charm in melancholy , I would not , if I could , be blest . Oh if you knew the pensive pleasure That fills my ...
... exclaim in the language of Rogers- " Go , you may call it madness , folly , You shall not steal away my rest ; There's such a charm in melancholy , I would not , if I could , be blest . Oh if you knew the pensive pleasure That fills my ...
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