The palace of fantasy : $b or, the bard's imagery; with other poemsHardy, John Stockdale
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The palace of fantasy : $b or, the bard's imagery; with other poems
Hardy, John Stockdale
English poetry -- 19th century
“We need not recommend this book; the space we have given to it is
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POETRY.
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GRISELDA;
A Dramatic Poem,
Translated from the German of FREDERICK HALM.
By Q. E. D.
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THE COLUMBIAD.
A Poem in Four Parts.
By ARCHIBALD TUCKER RITCHIE, Esq.
Comprising geographical sketches and a narrative of nautical adventures
in the Eastern Seas, including the perils of a storm, and providential
escape from shipwreck; with meditations on a future state.
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DAYS IN THE EAST.
A Poem in two Cantos, descriptive of Scenery in India, the departure
from Home, the Voyage, and subsequent Career of an Officer in the East
India Company’s Army.
By JAMES HENRY BURKE, Esq., of Marble Hill;
Lieutenant Bombay Engineers; Member of the Bombay Branch Royal Asiatic
Society.
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cultivated intelligence, and delicate poetic taste.”--MORNING
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