Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 39W. Blackwood, 1836 |
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... rest , the meed and recompense Thy generous worth bath from thy friend received ! Thy friend ! O savage heart and cruel band ! Fell , hateful , faithless , cowardly , and base ! Of every baleful thing , by Heaven cast off , Most cursed ...
... rest , the meed and recompense Thy generous worth bath from thy friend received ! Thy friend ! O savage heart and cruel band ! Fell , hateful , faithless , cowardly , and base ! Of every baleful thing , by Heaven cast off , Most cursed ...
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... rest , that can be roused no more . Beneath this mould , some few spans deep , he lies . So near me , though conceal'd ! -Cursed as I am , The cords of love , even through this earth have power , Like a strong charm , to draw me to him ...
... rest , that can be roused no more . Beneath this mould , some few spans deep , he lies . So near me , though conceal'd ! -Cursed as I am , The cords of love , even through this earth have power , Like a strong charm , to draw me to him ...
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... rest and find all needful aid . Hen . Come , friends , till I am summon'd to my trial ; [ Exit . The time is short , and we must husband it . ( Going and stopping again ) . I shun not now thy friendly aid , good Carlos ; My heart is ...
... rest and find all needful aid . Hen . Come , friends , till I am summon'd to my trial ; [ Exit . The time is short , and we must husband it . ( Going and stopping again ) . I shun not now thy friendly aid , good Carlos ; My heart is ...
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... rest , one began to draw the stocking off the boy's leg . But suddenly struck with a feeling of compassion at the sight of this most of all his party , though long accus- tomed to 1836. ] 19 The Huguenot Captain . No. II .
... rest , one began to draw the stocking off the boy's leg . But suddenly struck with a feeling of compassion at the sight of this most of all his party , though long accus- tomed to 1836. ] 19 The Huguenot Captain . No. II .
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... rest . He immediately sent the despatch to the Admiral of Castile , as a matter of congratulation ; and the Admiral read it to a party whom he had at supper , as a matter of amusement . But all , even in the shadow of the Spanish court ...
... rest . He immediately sent the despatch to the Admiral of Castile , as a matter of congratulation ; and the Admiral read it to a party whom he had at supper , as a matter of amusement . But all , even in the shadow of the Spanish court ...
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