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Then the brief past has no regrets to fling Athwart our minds , and memory no
sting . Then time flies fast , while laughing childhood throws Handfuls of roses at
him , as he goes . And all the future like a lake is spread , A calm expanse
beneath ...
Then the brief past has no regrets to fling Athwart our minds , and memory no
sting . Then time flies fast , while laughing childhood throws Handfuls of roses at
him , as he goes . And all the future like a lake is spread , A calm expanse
beneath ...
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He never became weary of listening to her , nor she of relating , the wonderful
legends with which her mind was stored . The village schoolmaster was also
every way calculated to give a freshness of colouring to the rude narratives of the
old ...
He never became weary of listening to her , nor she of relating , the wonderful
legends with which her mind was stored . The village schoolmaster was also
every way calculated to give a freshness of colouring to the rude narratives of the
old ...
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will cause re - union ; yet it is natural that the mind at parting from the body ,
should feel some interest in its future destiny , and I have often marked spots
where I fancied the sleep of the dead would be more undisturbed than in others ;
and this ...
will cause re - union ; yet it is natural that the mind at parting from the body ,
should feel some interest in its future destiny , and I have often marked spots
where I fancied the sleep of the dead would be more undisturbed than in others ;
and this ...
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So should she think of me , As if the “ charter'd libertine , ” the mind Could be
subdued and taught forgetfulness , While each repulsive lesson would revive
Love's dear remembrance and confirm it more . ' Tis all in vain -- the heart can
never ...
So should she think of me , As if the “ charter'd libertine , ” the mind Could be
subdued and taught forgetfulness , While each repulsive lesson would revive
Love's dear remembrance and confirm it more . ' Tis all in vain -- the heart can
never ...
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There is no idea , perhaps , more pleasing to an ingenuous mind , than that the
sentences which it dictates in silence and obscurity , may give pleasure and
entertainment to those by whom the writer has never been seen , to whom even
his ...
There is no idea , perhaps , more pleasing to an ingenuous mind , than that the
sentences which it dictates in silence and obscurity , may give pleasure and
entertainment to those by whom the writer has never been seen , to whom even
his ...
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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