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... that of a brief comparison of his character and powers as a writer , with those which have been ascribed to Chaucer and Dunbar , little more is required than a classification , under a few distinct heads , of some of his ...
... that of a brief comparison of his character and powers as a writer , with those which have been ascribed to Chaucer and Dunbar , little more is required than a classification , under a few distinct heads , of some of his ...
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... when immediately The purple sun , with tender bemys red , In orient bright as angel did appear , Through golden skyis putting up his head , Quhois gilt tresses shone so wonder clear , That all the world take comfort far and near.
... when immediately The purple sun , with tender bemys red , In orient bright as angel did appear , Through golden skyis putting up his head , Quhois gilt tresses shone so wonder clear , That all the world take comfort far and near.
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His last moments have never been described : he had laid his head quietly on the pillow awaiting dissolution , when his attendant reminded him of his medicine , and held the cup to his lip . He started suddenly up , drained the cup at a ...
His last moments have never been described : he had laid his head quietly on the pillow awaiting dissolution , when his attendant reminded him of his medicine , and held the cup to his lip . He started suddenly up , drained the cup at a ...
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This piece also , like the former , displays a glowing picture of the head and heart of the king of Morven , to whom , as the fair translator has remarked , every quality is attributed that is either interesting , amiable , or great * .
This piece also , like the former , displays a glowing picture of the head and heart of the king of Morven , to whom , as the fair translator has remarked , every quality is attributed that is either interesting , amiable , or great * .
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... nine pounds per week ; a circum- stance which will the less surprise us , when we read , under the same head , that his wine for five weeks amounted to the sum of three shillings , and his MORNINGS IN SPRING . 69.
... nine pounds per week ; a circum- stance which will the less surprise us , when we read , under the same head , that his wine for five weeks amounted to the sum of three shillings , and his MORNINGS IN SPRING . 69.
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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