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Page 8
... there was no latent hope of their services being again put in requisition ; and the only course left to them was one , to which they were not unaccustomed , viz . to return to their various homes , and seek employment elsewhere .
... there was no latent hope of their services being again put in requisition ; and the only course left to them was one , to which they were not unaccustomed , viz . to return to their various homes , and seek employment elsewhere .
Page 51
Practise we must , however inclined , reviewing of another kind ; for , fatal to poetic hopes , our work is now with troops , not tropes . With fleshly feet ' tis ours to tread lands to which airy fancy sped — with adult eyes to look on ...
Practise we must , however inclined , reviewing of another kind ; for , fatal to poetic hopes , our work is now with troops , not tropes . With fleshly feet ' tis ours to tread lands to which airy fancy sped — with adult eyes to look on ...
Page 53
As it is , we can hardly hope that Zeila will find many purchasers among the public , or many critics among the press . There are very few poems in the present day , which find either purchasers or critics . We are very sorry for this .
As it is , we can hardly hope that Zeila will find many purchasers among the public , or many critics among the press . There are very few poems in the present day , which find either purchasers or critics . We are very sorry for this .
Page 54
We hope that Mr. Minchin will give us some day an opportunity of reviewing a volume of his poems . Doth martial musing chain thy mind ? Sad recompense thou'lt 54 FAIR MAID OF CAUBUL . " MACKENZIE'S.
We hope that Mr. Minchin will give us some day an opportunity of reviewing a volume of his poems . Doth martial musing chain thy mind ? Sad recompense thou'lt 54 FAIR MAID OF CAUBUL . " MACKENZIE'S.
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She succeeds at last in her melancholy search , and finds the bloody and seemingly stark corpse of her beloved ; but , still not abandoning all hopes , tears the turban from her brow to bind his wounds , and thenthe eager gusty wind ...
She succeeds at last in her melancholy search , and finds the bloody and seemingly stark corpse of her beloved ; but , still not abandoning all hopes , tears the turban from her brow to bind his wounds , and thenthe eager gusty wind ...
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