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I know not who watched by the body of Burns - much it was my wish to share in the honour ; but my extreme youth would have made such a request seem foolish , and its rejection would have been sure . " The multitude who accompanied Burns ...
I know not who watched by the body of Burns - much it was my wish to share in the honour ; but my extreme youth would have made such a request seem foolish , and its rejection would have been sure . " The multitude who accompanied Burns ...
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... whilst the childhood and youth of the former had been passed in the deepest se- clusion , and in the lowliest habits of pastoral life , those of the latter had been spent amid the extrava- gance and dissipation of a gorgeous court .
... whilst the childhood and youth of the former had been passed in the deepest se- clusion , and in the lowliest habits of pastoral life , those of the latter had been spent amid the extrava- gance and dissipation of a gorgeous court .
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... in his earliest youth a great lover of dress ; nor did the partiality appear to desert him as he advanced in life ; for under the 70 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
... in his earliest youth a great lover of dress ; nor did the partiality appear to desert him as he advanced in life ; for under the 70 MORNINGS IN SPRING .
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There is much reason to suspect , however , that in a domestic point of view , this high - born con- nexion was not altogether suited to the ideas and inclinations of the earl , though in the very flush and prime of youth .
There is much reason to suspect , however , that in a domestic point of view , this high - born con- nexion was not altogether suited to the ideas and inclinations of the earl , though in the very flush and prime of youth .
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whose source was unperceived , sung to its notes these pleasing words : My golden locks time hath to silver turn'd , ( Oh time too swift , and swiftness never ceasing ) My youth ' gainst age , and age at youth hath spurn'd : But spurn'd ...
whose source was unperceived , sung to its notes these pleasing words : My golden locks time hath to silver turn'd , ( Oh time too swift , and swiftness never ceasing ) My youth ' gainst age , and age at youth hath spurn'd : But spurn'd ...
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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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