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... give up his studies for a time . In 1741 he reëntered school , this time at Westminster Academy , where Vincent Bourne was a master , and Warren Hastings , Robert Lloyd , and Charles Churchill were among the boys . While here , he took ...
... give up his studies for a time . In 1741 he reëntered school , this time at Westminster Academy , where Vincent Bourne was a master , and Warren Hastings , Robert Lloyd , and Charles Churchill were among the boys . While here , he took ...
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... give to rapture all thy trembling strings . From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take : The laughing flowers that round them blow , Drink life and fragrance as they flow . Now the rich stream of music ...
... give to rapture all thy trembling strings . From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take : The laughing flowers that round them blow , Drink life and fragrance as they flow . Now the rich stream of music ...
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... gives to range the dreary sky ; Till down the eastern cliffs afar 50 50 Hyperion's march they spy , and glittering shafts of war . II . 2 In climes beyond the solar road , ° Where shaggy forms o'er ice - built mountains roam , The Muse ...
... gives to range the dreary sky ; Till down the eastern cliffs afar 50 50 Hyperion's march they spy , and glittering shafts of war . II . 2 In climes beyond the solar road , ° Where shaggy forms o'er ice - built mountains roam , The Muse ...
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... Give ample room , and verge enough The characters of hell to trace . Mark the year , and mark the night , When Severn shall reëcho with affright 50 The shrieks of death , through Berkley's roof that ring , Shrieks of an agonizing king ...
... Give ample room , and verge enough The characters of hell to trace . Mark the year , and mark the night , When Severn shall reëcho with affright 50 The shrieks of death , through Berkley's roof that ring , Shrieks of an agonizing king ...
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... give , Ours to kill , and ours to spare : Spite of danger he shall live . ( Weave the crimson web of war . ) They , whom once the desert - beach ° Pent within its bleak domain , Soon their ample sway shall stretch O'er the plenty of the ...
... give , Ours to kill , and ours to spare : Spite of danger he shall live . ( Weave the crimson web of war . ) They , whom once the desert - beach ° Pent within its bleak domain , Soon their ample sway shall stretch O'er the plenty of the ...
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