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...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 3 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... SHELLEY VOLUME 3 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON... ...EVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF THE OXFORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn S... ... BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF THE OXFORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works o... ...y wish to put such morsels sweet _170 Down his most sacred throat, he did repress; But soon within the lofty portalled sta... ... did live and move 72. 72. 72. 72. 72. Within the heart of great Apollo—he Listened with all his soul, and laughed for pleasure. Close to his side sto... ...l, what unimagined use, _595 What exercise of subtlest art, has given Thy songs such power?—for those who hear may choose From three, the c... ...L UL UL ULYSSES: YSSES: YSSES: YSSES: YSSES: Obeying whom? Or is the state popular? SILENUS: SILENUS: SILENUS: SILENUS: SILENUS: Shepherds: no one obe... ... _125 Of the old world masked with the names of Gods The attributes of Nature and of Man; A sort of popular philos...

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...Excerpt: When The Duchess Was Dead No one, probably, ever felt himself to be more alone in the world than our old friend the Duke of Omnium, when the Duchess died. When this sad event happened he had ceased to be Prime Minister. During the...

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...The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthon... ...e A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity... ...ries Publication The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furn... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...rse to bear that those about the boys. She had done nothing wrong. She had given no signs of extravagance or other juvenile misconduct. But she was be... ... woman who had always been at her side, who had ministered to her, and had listened to the fears and the wishes and hopes that she had expressed 7 An... ...a probable suitor for her daughter’s hand. She had never connected the two names together. But Mrs Finn had been clever enough to perceive that the Du... ...’ 19 Anthony Trollope This was very dreadful to Mrs Finn, and yet she was most unwilling to take upon herself the part of stern el- der, and declare ... ...ldren And he actually succeeded in obtaining for the Runnymede a degree of popularity which for many years previous it had not possessed. Such a man,—...