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... Poems in connexion with Waterloo , by Ird Braybrooke Sir Henry Wotton and Milton , by Bolton Corney FOLK LORE : - Unlucky to sell Eggs after Sunset - Old Song - Nursery Tale - Legend of Change Passage in Hamlet - - Volcanic Influence on ...
... Poems in connexion with Waterloo , by Ird Braybrooke Sir Henry Wotton and Milton , by Bolton Corney FOLK LORE : - Unlucky to sell Eggs after Sunset - Old Song - Nursery Tale - Legend of Change Passage in Hamlet - - Volcanic Influence on ...
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... POEMS IN CONNEXION WITH WATERLO0 . I send you two copies of Latin verses which They are however interesting , from the coinci- have not , to my knowledge , appeared in print . dence of their both relating to elm - trees , and in loo ...
... POEMS IN CONNEXION WITH WATERLO0 . I send you two copies of Latin verses which They are however interesting , from the coinci- have not , to my knowledge , appeared in print . dence of their both relating to elm - trees , and in loo ...
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... poems of Milton , as edited by himself in 1645 , the date of this letter is " 13th April , 1638 ; " and as the Poems of " Thomas Randolph , master of arts , and late fellow of Trinity colledge in Cam- bridge , " were printed at Oxford ...
... poems of Milton , as edited by himself in 1645 , the date of this letter is " 13th April , 1638 ; " and as the Poems of " Thomas Randolph , master of arts , and late fellow of Trinity colledge in Cam- bridge , " were printed at Oxford ...
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... poem ( or I rather think two poems ) founded on this legend ; and I should like to know the author or authors , and whether it , or either of them , is to be found in any collection of poems . D. X. merit as a commentator on Shakspeare ...
... poem ( or I rather think two poems ) founded on this legend ; and I should like to know the author or authors , and whether it , or either of them , is to be found in any collection of poems . D. X. merit as a commentator on Shakspeare ...
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... POEMS . London : JOHN W. PARKER & SON , West Strand . COLUMBUS ' CONUNDRUMS . POEMS OF DONALD . " ALASDAIR MAC MHAIGHSTIR ALASDAIR " MAC- TURNER'S COLLECTION OF GAELIC POETRY . MAC AULAY'S HISTORY OF ST . KILDA . GRANT'S GAELIC POEMS ...
... POEMS . London : JOHN W. PARKER & SON , West Strand . COLUMBUS ' CONUNDRUMS . POEMS OF DONALD . " ALASDAIR MAC MHAIGHSTIR ALASDAIR " MAC- TURNER'S COLLECTION OF GAELIC POETRY . MAC AULAY'S HISTORY OF ST . KILDA . GRANT'S GAELIC POEMS ...
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Page 121 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
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