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... Sotheby's Saul , ....... .... 150 ..152 ..155 .157 .... 162 XVII . - African Sketches , .. XVIII . - Plague Poets , ... ... 168 ... 172 XIX . - Grandeur of the Ancients , .. Ancient Rome , .................. .. Roman Palaces ...
... Sotheby's Saul , ....... .... 150 ..152 ..155 .157 .... 162 XVII . - African Sketches , .. XVIII . - Plague Poets , ... ... 168 ... 172 XIX . - Grandeur of the Ancients , .. Ancient Rome , .................. .. Roman Palaces ...
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... fashion . " - " Ah ! " said Egeria , " that is just the way that all the moderns depreciate the merits of their prede- cessors . They never think how their own paltry performances 150 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE . Sotheby's Saul,
... fashion . " - " Ah ! " said Egeria , " that is just the way that all the moderns depreciate the merits of their prede- cessors . They never think how their own paltry performances 150 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE . Sotheby's Saul,
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... SOTHEBY'S SAUL . “ WELL , after all that has been lectured by criti- cism , " said Egeria one evening , about an hour after tea , laying down Mr Sotheby's poem of Saul , " it certainly is not in the thought and conception , but in the ...
... SOTHEBY'S SAUL . “ WELL , after all that has been lectured by criti- cism , " said Egeria one evening , about an hour after tea , laying down Mr Sotheby's poem of Saul , " it certainly is not in the thought and conception , but in the ...
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... paces his night - watch , Hoar veteran , on the tented field . Not him , Fresh slaughter fuming on the plain , —not him The groan of death , familiar to his ear , Disquiet : but if , haply heard , the breeze SOTHEBY'S SAUL . 163.
... paces his night - watch , Hoar veteran , on the tented field . Not him , Fresh slaughter fuming on the plain , —not him The groan of death , familiar to his ear , Disquiet : but if , haply heard , the breeze SOTHEBY'S SAUL . 163.
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... Sotheby's description of the approach of Saul and his guards to the camp of the twelve tribes is magnificent . 22 " Hark ! hark ! the clash and clang Of shaken cymbals cadencing the pace Of martial movement regular : the swell Sonorous ...
... Sotheby's description of the approach of Saul and his guards to the camp of the twelve tribes is magnificent . 22 " Hark ! hark ! the clash and clang Of shaken cymbals cadencing the pace Of martial movement regular : the swell Sonorous ...
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