The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Noctes ambrosianaeW. Blackwood, 1856 |
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... hear me ! North ( smiling after a sort ) . Well - Themistocles . Registrar . You awaken out of a dream - dirge of Faëry Land - where you , by force of strong imagination , were a female fairy , not a span long - mild as a musical violet ...
... hear me ! North ( smiling after a sort ) . Well - Themistocles . Registrar . You awaken out of a dream - dirge of Faëry Land - where you , by force of strong imagination , were a female fairy , not a span long - mild as a musical violet ...
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... hear The Phantom , with voice of a tremulous sound , As he poured forth his griefs to the echoes around , Unconscious that mortal was near . " Oh ! hard is my lot , " did the Gander exclaim , " Cut off in my prowess and pride , While ...
... hear The Phantom , with voice of a tremulous sound , As he poured forth his griefs to the echoes around , Unconscious that mortal was near . " Oh ! hard is my lot , " did the Gander exclaim , " Cut off in my prowess and pride , While ...
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... hear me recite poetry , my dear Registrar , I will murmur you a few stanzas , that must have committed themselves to my memory , for I feel assured I did not write them , yet I have no recollection of them - mind that word - and perhaps ...
... hear me recite poetry , my dear Registrar , I will murmur you a few stanzas , that must have committed themselves to my memory , for I feel assured I did not write them , yet I have no recollection of them - mind that word - and perhaps ...
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... hear them , for ' tis only when careering round and round some strange object that the creatures make much noise . Seldom have I seen so far and high up , so soon in the season , such splendid moths . But of all life , theirs is the ...
... hear them , for ' tis only when careering round and round some strange object that the creatures make much noise . Seldom have I seen so far and high up , so soon in the season , such splendid moths . But of all life , theirs is the ...
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... hear o ' your appointment , though nane o ' us ken very distinckly the nature o't , some sayin they had made you a Bishop , only without a seat among the Lords , some a Judge o ' the Pleas ; and there was a sugh for a while — but frae ...
... hear o ' your appointment , though nane o ' us ken very distinckly the nature o't , some sayin they had made you a Bishop , only without a seat among the Lords , some a Judge o ' the Pleas ; and there was a sugh for a while — but frae ...
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