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" Hougoumont appears to want little but a better cause, and that undefinable but impressive halo which the lapse of ages throws around a celebrated spot, to vie in interest with any or all of these, except perhaps the last mentioned. "
Lord Byron: A Biography with a Critical Essay on His Place in Literature - Page 202
by Karl Elze - 1872 - 516 pages
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...better cause, and that undefinable but imCressive halo which the lapse of ages throws around a celerated spot, to vie in interest with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned. " [There Is a richness and energy in this passage , which is peculiar to Lord Byron, among...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with illustr. by K. Halswelle

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...Leuctra, Chaeronea, and Marathon, and the field around Mont St Jean and Hovigoumont appears to want little but a better cause, and that undefinable but impressive...with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned. xxxm. Even as a broken mirror, which the glass In every fragment multiplies ; and makes...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...Hovgoumont appears to want little but a better cause, and that indefinable but inmn-sshe halo which th" lapse of ages throws around a celebrated spot, to vie in interest with any or all ol these, except oerhaps the last mentioned. 8. Like to the apples on the Dead Sea's shore. Stanza...
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Popular History of England, Volume 8

Charles Knight - 1862 - 738 pages
...had been called " this modern Marathon." J During the lapse of nearly half a century, it is not the " undefinable but impressive halo which the lapse of ages throws around a celebrated spot," which has made this ground such an object of curiosity to English visitors of the continent. Neither...
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Poetical Works, Volume 4

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 402 pages
...around Mont St. Jean and Hougoumont appears to want little hut a better cause, and that ^indefinable but impressive halo which the lapse of ages throws...with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned. XXXIII. Even as a broken mirror, which the glass In every fragment multiplies ; and makes...
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Poetical works. With a biogr. and critical memoir by F.T. Palgrave

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1866 - 656 pages
...appears to want little but ะป better cause, and that indefinable but impressive halo which the lapfc of ages throws around a celebrated spot, to vie in...with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned." NOTES TO HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS. 392. There mi* ht I sha re my Su riff s* httppier lot. Robert...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott - 1866 - 614 pages
...to want little but a better cause, and that indefinable but impressive li:uo which the lapse of a^es throws around a celebrated spot, to vie in interest...with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned." NOTES TO HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS. 392. There mi*ht 7 share my Sur tees* happier lot. Robert...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott ...

Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 pages
...that indefinable but impressive h;;t<i wMch the lapse of ages throws around a cc!cl .run; ! sp it, to vie in interest with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned." NOTES TO HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS. *ga. There mi*>ht I share my Surtet? hazier lot. rt Surtees...
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Poetical Works, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 pages
...around Mount St. Jean and Hougomont appears to want little but a better cause, and that indefinable but impressive halo which the lapse of ages throws...with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned." NOTES TO HAROLD THE DAUNTLESS. 392. Thrre mifht I share my Surteef happier lot. Robert...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: With ... Notes and a Life of the ..., Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1867 - 460 pages
...around Mont St. Jean and Hougoumont appears to want little but a better cause, and that undeflnablc but impressive halo which the lapse of ages throws...with any or all of these, except, perhaps, the last mentioned. XXXIII. Even as a broken mirror, which the glass In every fragment multiplies ; and makes...
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