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... that fans thy locks ! - Yet ere another moon , the storm may howl , And rudely beat on thy unsheltered head . To day the pine - clad mountains bound thy hopes , Thy ev'ry wish : but soon the villain's smile May poison ...
... that fans thy locks ! - Yet ere another moon , the storm may howl , And rudely beat on thy unsheltered head . To day the pine - clad mountains bound thy hopes , Thy ev'ry wish : but soon the villain's smile May poison ...
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They ascended the rugged mountain to draw water , and drawing water is certainly more conducive to human happiness than drawing blood , as do the boasted heroes of the Iliad , or roving on the ocean , and invading other men's property ...
They ascended the rugged mountain to draw water , and drawing water is certainly more conducive to human happiness than drawing blood , as do the boasted heroes of the Iliad , or roving on the ocean , and invading other men's property ...
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At what part of the mountain the well was situated , what was the reason of the sad misfortune , or how the prudence of Jack forsook him , we are not informed , but so , alas ! it happened , Jack fell down Unfortunate John !
At what part of the mountain the well was situated , what was the reason of the sad misfortune , or how the prudence of Jack forsook him , we are not informed , but so , alas ! it happened , Jack fell down Unfortunate John !
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Imagine to ourselves Jack rapidly descending , perhaps rolling over and over down the mountain , the bucket , as the lighter , moving along , and pouring forth ( if it had been filled ) its liquid stream , Gill following in confusion ...
Imagine to ourselves Jack rapidly descending , perhaps rolling over and over down the mountain , the bucket , as the lighter , moving along , and pouring forth ( if it had been filled ) its liquid stream , Gill following in confusion ...
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Before the courier had departed , I received information from one of my friends at Mytilene , that Sappho had terminated her life and her sufferings by precipitating herself into the sea from the summit of a mountain in Leucadia .
Before the courier had departed , I received information from one of my friends at Mytilene , that Sappho had terminated her life and her sufferings by precipitating herself into the sea from the summit of a mountain in Leucadia .
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| 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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