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... Wolfe . That commander , reduced to straits by the dilatory movements of Amherst on Lake Champlain , and the failure of Johnson's coöperation , was under the necessity of fail- ing altogether , or of achieving victory by the boldest ...
... Wolfe . That commander , reduced to straits by the dilatory movements of Amherst on Lake Champlain , and the failure of Johnson's coöperation , was under the necessity of fail- ing altogether , or of achieving victory by the boldest ...
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... Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e ...
... Wolfe alone , bending to the officers near him , broke the stillness , repeat- ing stanzas of Gray's Elegy . What stanzas we do not know . One was , " The boast of heraldry , the pomp of power , And all that beauty , all that wealth e ...
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... Wolfe , he says : " I pass on to a more recent instance . About two months ago , the great American statesman , Mr. Webster , was lying upon his death - bed . Of course , this is not the occasion for estimating the character and ...
... Wolfe , he says : " I pass on to a more recent instance . About two months ago , the great American statesman , Mr. Webster , was lying upon his death - bed . Of course , this is not the occasion for estimating the character and ...
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air a solemn alike the inevitable beetle wheels beneath Boston breath cell forever laid church of Stoke cock's shrill clarion compromise of 1834 Country Church-yard DANIEL WEBSTER death distant folds droning flight drowsy tinklings lull dust E'en echoing horn ecstasy the living England fades the glimmering fame glimmering landscape grave hamlet sleep Hampshire heart once pregnant heaves the turf laid Some heart lull the distant Massachusetts MOSES mouldering heap narrow cell forever o'er paths of glory peaceful poem poet Poetry of Gray Portsmouth PREFACE pregnant with celestial Q F B B rude forefathers rugged elms sacred Salisbury sequestered Sheffield slavery solemn stillness holds spot is laid stanzas STOKE POGIS CHURCH tariff compromise THOMAS GRAY tomb voice waked to ecstasy WAVERLEY MAGAZINE wealth e'er gave Webster remained Webster was called wheels his droning whig national convention Windsor Wolfe wrote his Elegy yew-tree's shade कर শু