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Gleanings from the Blue; Being a Selection of Poetry and Prose from the Magazine of Christ's Hospital in the Years 1870-71 and 1874-81

Gleanings from the Blue; Being a Selection of Poetry and Prose from the Magazine of Christ's Hospital in the Years 1870-71 and 1874-81


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... I studied with an ardent bliss which verged on the divine, The exponential value of the tangent and the sine; And if I ever smashed a pane, 'twas only to remark The stone describing sections of a parabolic arc. At college, while the thoughtless gave their parties and their wines, I loved to sit and contemplate the beauties of straight lines; But that bright life, those glowing hopes of such fair outward seem, (This beer is good) have vanished like the shadow of a dream. I remember--ah! so well--with what ineffable delight The radiant form of an ellipse first met my raptured sight; How the equation to the chord would thrill me with wild glee, Expressed in terms of the eccentric angle MP C. Her fascinating symmetry enthralled my virgin heart; But she, alas! was cold, and I perceived we needs must part. It blighted my affections, and I gradually pined, And unrequited love began to prey upon my mind. I fell a passive victim to dejection and despair; Earth was a void--and then it was I ceased to cut my hair. I lost my Senior Wranglership, and from that new mishap I date my partiality to hats without a nap." He drained his seventh glass, and while I settled for the beer With solemn voice he warned me from a similar career: "Young man, beware of Todhunter, his dangerous connections. And shun, oh! shun the siren shapes of heartless Conic Sections." lottr %m mas tusi Hmlt in a fajr. Before commencing this narrative, it might be as well to state that the account of the Foundation of Rome contains much more mystery than history, and is involved in such a veil of obscurity that no human power can avail to tear it down. It is probable that when the poets saw the fine banquet of fiction that was offered them, they were inclined to be voracious rather...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781150444968
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 108
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150444967
  • Publisher Date: 20 May 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 209 gr


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