Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 252A. Dodd and A. Smith, 1967 - Early English newspapers The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs. |
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... Birds obscene , Of ominous note , choughs and daws . Shakespeare calls it stupid ; Thomson speaks of it as a bird of “ dis- cordant pipe ; " Savage says it is " dissonant ; " Shelley mocks at it ; and many others pelt it with such ...
... Birds obscene , Of ominous note , choughs and daws . Shakespeare calls it stupid ; Thomson speaks of it as a bird of “ dis- cordant pipe ; " Savage says it is " dissonant ; " Shelley mocks at it ; and many others pelt it with such ...
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... bird after death -to its red - legged kinsman . For mark yon bird of sable wing , Talons and beak all red as blood ; The spirit of the long - lost king Passed in that shape from Camlan's flood . And still when loudliest howls the storm ...
... bird after death -to its red - legged kinsman . For mark yon bird of sable wing , Talons and beak all red as blood ; The spirit of the long - lost king Passed in that shape from Camlan's flood . And still when loudliest howls the storm ...
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... bird , suffice without lengthier quotation to reflect the opinion of poets of this bird : - " the bird of darkness , " " bird of eve , " " grave owl , " " solemn , " " bashful , " " sad , " " lone , " " sobbing , " " wailing ...
... bird , suffice without lengthier quotation to reflect the opinion of poets of this bird : - " the bird of darkness , " " bird of eve , " " grave owl , " " solemn , " " bashful , " " sad , " " lone , " " sobbing , " " wailing ...
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