Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... fields are silent and desolate , and seem , with a scowl , to warn us off their premises ; when the leafless trees stand like gaunt skeletons , while their offspring leaves are lying at their feet , 2 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... fields are silent and desolate , and seem , with a scowl , to warn us off their premises ; when the leafless trees stand like gaunt skeletons , while their offspring leaves are lying at their feet , 2 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... reminded of the frailness and evanescence of human possessions - a truth which is inculcated upon us as we walk the streets , by those silent monitors , sun - dials and tombstones . Who ever read Shirley's 8 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
... reminded of the frailness and evanescence of human possessions - a truth which is inculcated upon us as we walk the streets , by those silent monitors , sun - dials and tombstones . Who ever read Shirley's 8 GAIETIES AND GRAVITIES .
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... silent moon , from whose full orb a bar of rippling light ran along the sea , appearing to terminate at my very feet . A schoolboy might have fancied that he was holding an illuminated kite by a cord of silver , and Endymion would ...
... silent moon , from whose full orb a bar of rippling light ran along the sea , appearing to terminate at my very feet . A schoolboy might have fancied that he was holding an illuminated kite by a cord of silver , and Endymion would ...
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... silent cave of spar , Where a glow - worm in an urn Of chrystal for a lamp shall burn . His toll - bell shall the death - watch ring , Humming birds his dirge shall sing , And for banners he shall have Tulips waving o'er his grave ...
... silent cave of spar , Where a glow - worm in an urn Of chrystal for a lamp shall burn . His toll - bell shall the death - watch ring , Humming birds his dirge shall sing , And for banners he shall have Tulips waving o'er his grave ...
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... silence - it ceases the moment it is talked about . 66 They make self - love supply an ointment For all defect and disappointment , As dogs by their own tongues can cure Whatever evils they endure . " Then again we have a fashionable ...
... silence - it ceases the moment it is talked about . 66 They make self - love supply an ointment For all defect and disappointment , As dogs by their own tongues can cure Whatever evils they endure . " Then again we have a fashionable ...
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