The Reliques of Father ProutG. Bell, 1889 - 580 pages |
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... sure to be mixed up with a spondee in the poetry of life ; and , as Homer sings , there stand two urns , or crocks , beside the throne of Jove , from which he doles out alternate good and bad gifts to men , but mostly both together . I ...
... sure to be mixed up with a spondee in the poetry of life ; and , as Homer sings , there stand two urns , or crocks , beside the throne of Jove , from which he doles out alternate good and bad gifts to men , but mostly both together . I ...
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... sure to illuminate and adorn , from the lightest and most ephemeral matters of the day , to the deepest and most abstruse problems of metaphysical inquiry ; vigorous and philosophical , at the same time that it is minute and playful ...
... sure to illuminate and adorn , from the lightest and most ephemeral matters of the day , to the deepest and most abstruse problems of metaphysical inquiry ; vigorous and philosophical , at the same time that it is minute and playful ...
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... sure of a friendly circle , he broke out in resplendent style , often humorous , at times critical , occa- sionally profound , and always interesting . Inexhaustible in his means of illustration , his fancy was an unwasted mine , into ...
... sure of a friendly circle , he broke out in resplendent style , often humorous , at times critical , occa- sionally profound , and always interesting . Inexhaustible in his means of illustration , his fancy was an unwasted mine , into ...
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... sure , she may well be designated " First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea ; " for neither the musical stone of Memnon , that " so sweetly played in tune , " nor the oracular stone at Delphi , nor the lapidary talisman of ...
... sure , she may well be designated " First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea ; " for neither the musical stone of Memnon , that " so sweetly played in tune , " nor the oracular stone at Delphi , nor the lapidary talisman of ...
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... sure turn out , or An out - and - outer , " To be let alone , " Don't hope to hinder hirı , Or to bewilder him ; Sure he's a pilgrim From the Blarney stone ! * * End of Millikin's Translation of the Groves of Blarney . VI . Une pierre s ...
... sure turn out , or An out - and - outer , " To be let alone , " Don't hope to hinder hirı , Or to bewilder him ; Sure he's a pilgrim From the Blarney stone ! * * End of Millikin's Translation of the Groves of Blarney . VI . Une pierre s ...
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