Poems by Mr. GrayWilliam Sleater, 1768 - 187 pages |
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... SISTERS . The DESCENT of ODIN . The TRIUMPHS of OWEN . CARMEN ELEGIACUM . ELEGIA , & C . ETONZ 25 35 ELEGY written in a COUNTRY . CHURCH - YARD . - 51 57 71 - 93 - 101 111 117 130 } 131 FEATASFUMUASK O DE ON THE SPRING . ARARAGUA B O.
... SISTERS . The DESCENT of ODIN . The TRIUMPHS of OWEN . CARMEN ELEGIACUM . ELEGIA , & C . ETONZ 25 35 ELEGY written in a COUNTRY . CHURCH - YARD . - 51 57 71 - 93 - 101 111 117 130 } 131 FEATASFUMUASK O DE ON THE SPRING . ARARAGUA B O.
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... - felf and his kindred deities fhall perish . For a farther explanation of this mythology , fee Mallet's Introduction to the Hiftory of Denmark , 1755 , Quarto . Fa THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMENT . FROM Mr. AN OD E. 107.
... - felf and his kindred deities fhall perish . For a farther explanation of this mythology , fee Mallet's Introduction to the Hiftory of Denmark , 1755 , Quarto . Fa THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMENT . FROM Mr. AN OD E. 107.
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Thomas Gray. THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMENT . FROM Mr. EVANS's Specimens of the Welch Poetry LONDON , 1764 , Quarto . PERAGRAGRAERING2062420221 OWEN fucceeded his Father GRIFFIN in the PRINCIPALITY of North F 3 The TRIUMPHS of OWEN.
Thomas Gray. THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMENT . FROM Mr. EVANS's Specimens of the Welch Poetry LONDON , 1764 , Quarto . PERAGRAGRAERING2062420221 OWEN fucceeded his Father GRIFFIN in the PRINCIPALITY of North F 3 The TRIUMPHS of OWEN.
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Thomas Gray. OWEN fucceeded his Father GRIFFIN in the PRINCIPALITY of North - Wales , A. D. 1120. This battle was fought near forty Years afterwards . THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMEN T. 2000 ĐỌC.
Thomas Gray. OWEN fucceeded his Father GRIFFIN in the PRINCIPALITY of North - Wales , A. D. 1120. This battle was fought near forty Years afterwards . THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMEN T. 2000 ĐỌC.
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Thomas Gray. THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMEN T. 2000 ĐỌC ĐƯỢC 00000000000000000000000C 200000000000 00000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 Ο WEN's praife demands my fong , OWEN fwift , and OwEN ftrong ; Faireft flower of Roderic's ...
Thomas Gray. THE TRIUMPHS OF OWEN , A FRAGMEN T. 2000 ĐỌC ĐƯỢC 00000000000000000000000C 200000000000 00000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000 Ο WEN's praife demands my fong , OWEN fwift , and OwEN ftrong ; Faireft flower of Roderic's ...
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Page 147 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
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