The boatman of the Bosphorus, Volume 2; Volume 409 |
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Page 1 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted : they have torn me, and I bleed : go I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
Page 36 - WE talked with open heart, and tongue Affectionate and true, A pair of friends, though I was young, And Matthew seventy-two. We lay beneath a spreading oak, Beside a mossy seat; And from the turf a fountain broke, And gurgled at our feet. 'Now, Matthew...
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Page 137 - And afterward when I remembered myself of my simpleness and unperfectness that I had in both languages, that is to wit in French and in English, for in France was I never, and was born and learned my English in Kent, in the Weald, where I doubt not is spoken as broad and rude English as in any place of England...
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Page 163 - Is gather'd into the fold anew ; And the shepherd's pipe was echoed still, Down the vale and up the hill. The monarch lost all patience now : — " What ! dost thou sit there like a rock, While wolves are ravaging thy flock ? A very pretty shepherd thou ! " " Tzar! here no evil can betide my sheep, My dogs are faithful — and they do not sleep.
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