Squire Silchester's Whim, Volumen1H.S. King & Company, 1873 |
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... STRANGE MEETINGS . And other Poems . BY MORTIMER COLLINS . Crown 8vo . Price 5s . Mr. Collins has an undercurrent of chivalry and romance eath the trifling vein of good - humoured banter which is the special characteristic of his verse ...
... STRANGE MEETINGS . And other Poems . BY MORTIMER COLLINS . Crown 8vo . Price 5s . Mr. Collins has an undercurrent of chivalry and romance eath the trifling vein of good - humoured banter which is the special characteristic of his verse ...
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... strange romance as never came beneath wand of any other enchanter . Even the spirits of men still living are summoned at my will . I sit here as a magician beyond the reach of unpleasantness from without , and with infinite intellectual ...
... strange romance as never came beneath wand of any other enchanter . Even the spirits of men still living are summoned at my will . I sit here as a magician beyond the reach of unpleasantness from without , and with infinite intellectual ...
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... strange that with this love of books and knowledge of their power , you talk of keeping them locked against your son and daughter . Here you have the finest collection of books and manu- scripts in Devon , -some of the latter unique and ...
... strange that with this love of books and knowledge of their power , you talk of keeping them locked against your son and daughter . Here you have the finest collection of books and manu- scripts in Devon , -some of the latter unique and ...
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... strange sounds under the bed , and rushed out into the street in airy attire , screaming that she had heard ghostly sounds . The spectral utterances were of course Quack ! quack ! Mount St. Nicholas is so called because high above the ...
... strange sounds under the bed , and rushed out into the street in airy attire , screaming that she had heard ghostly sounds . The spectral utterances were of course Quack ! quack ! Mount St. Nicholas is so called because high above the ...
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... strange enticement . The boy plods quietly along ; eats and drinks , and does his lessons ; thinks his sister rather cracked than otherwise . She , in fact , enters the world earlier than he does ; she puts on her butterfly plumage when ...
... strange enticement . The boy plods quietly along ; eats and drinks , and does his lessons ; thinks his sister rather cracked than otherwise . She , in fact , enters the world earlier than he does ; she puts on her butterfly plumage when ...
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