The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and Illustrated with ExamplesGinn, 1900 - Всего страниц: 676 |
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Стр. 151 - he said, and pointed toward the land, ' This mounting wave will roll us shoreward soon.' In the afternoon they came unto a land In which it seemed always afternoon. All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
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