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Page 17
... continued plot was carried on within the divan , black and white , of the nabob of Arcot , for the destruction of Hyder Ali . As to the outward members of the double , or rather treble , government of Madras , which had signed the ...
... continued plot was carried on within the divan , black and white , of the nabob of Arcot , for the destruction of Hyder Ali . As to the outward members of the double , or rather treble , government of Madras , which had signed the ...
Page 49
... soul of man is rotten Even to the core , no sound affection . Our love is hollow , vaulted , stands on props Of circumstance , profit , or ambitious hopes . " D " And , " continued the nymph , " I DRAMATIC POETRY . 49.
... soul of man is rotten Even to the core , no sound affection . Our love is hollow , vaulted , stands on props Of circumstance , profit , or ambitious hopes . " D " And , " continued the nymph , " I DRAMATIC POETRY . 49.
Page 50
... continued the nymph , " I doubt very much if any equal number of lines of Lord Byron would furnish finer extracts , in what may be termed his lordship's own peculiar style , than the " Duke OF BYRON " of old Chapman . The story consists ...
... continued the nymph , " I doubt very much if any equal number of lines of Lord Byron would furnish finer extracts , in what may be termed his lordship's own peculiar style , than the " Duke OF BYRON " of old Chapman . The story consists ...
Page 73
... continued invisible to Pompeianus . On the third day St Benedict followed the monk out of the oratory and struck him with his staff . He was not spar- ing , we may suppose , of the baculine exorcism , for after it had been administered ...
... continued invisible to Pompeianus . On the third day St Benedict followed the monk out of the oratory and struck him with his staff . He was not spar- ing , we may suppose , of the baculine exorcism , for after it had been administered ...
Page 96
... continued his speech in this man- ner : and , Lord ( dear cousin , said he ) , doth not the pleasantness of this place carry in itself sufficient reward for any time lost in it ? Do you not see how all things conspire together to make ...
... continued his speech in this man- ner : and , Lord ( dear cousin , said he ) , doth not the pleasantness of this place carry in itself sufficient reward for any time lost in it ? Do you not see how all things conspire together to make ...
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ancient appear Bachelor beauty Benedict breath caboceer called cataract Catiline CHAP character church Demonax Devil Don Quixote Dr Johnson dreadful Duke of Burgundy earth EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE effect English equal eyes fall FAUST feel fire friends genius Gil Blas give gold Greek hand hath hear heard heart heaven holy honour human Hyder Ali imagination Ioannina Jaffa king less live look Lord magnificent manner MARGARET ment Mephistopheles merits mind morning nature never night o'er object observed Odoacer opinion ornaments palaces passages peculiar perhaps persons pleasure poet poetical poetry possess principles racter replied the Nymph respect Roman round scarcely scene sentiments Shirley Sibylline books side song Sotheby's soul spirit steam stood style sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion Tom Jones truth Warburton whole