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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature, with ... - Page 335
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Outlines of English Literature

Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 478 pages
...turns in a berceau or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,...
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Essays, political, historical and miscellaneous, Volume 3

sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1850 - 740 pages
...turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, tho lake, and mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene,...emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and perhaps tho establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over...
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Critical and miscellaneous essays, by an octogenarian (J. Roche).

James Roche - 1850 - 572 pages
...took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent." He then subjoins two facts, of rare occurrence truly in the composition of so elaborate an achievement.—1....
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Notes and Queries

1892 - 688 pages
...maintenant à mou mari." As I walked homeward that evening, I gazed, as Gibbon had done, upon the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waves, and all nature was silent. So had it been on that summer night when Edward Gibbon laid down...
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1851 - 1038 pages
...of the country, the lake, and the mountain«. The air was températe, the sky was serene, the bilver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and...establishment of my fame. But my pride was ¡ soon humbled, anda sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of...
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - 1851 - 616 pages
...turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But joy pride was soon humbled,...
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The Literary Reader: For Academies and High Schools: Consisting of ...

Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy, on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,...
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The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First ...

William Cowper - 1851 - 790 pages
...turns in a berceait, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled,...
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the ..., Volume 2

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1851 - 1016 pages
...The air was temperate, the sky was serene, th<* stiver orb of the moon was reflected from the water*, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the...establishment of my fame. But my pride was • soon humble*!, and a sober melancholy was spread over my in I net, by the Idea that I had taken an everlasting...
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The Life of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1851 - 784 pages
...turns In a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky...reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. 1 will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment...
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