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... ther has the author assigned any rea- There is no question there are many , son either for the long delay of its ap- very many passages in the poetry of pearance - or for the imperfect state in this writer , which shew what excelwhich ...
... ther has the author assigned any rea- There is no question there are many , son either for the long delay of its ap- very many passages in the poetry of pearance - or for the imperfect state in this writer , which shew what excelwhich ...
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... ther has the author assigned any rea- son either for the long delay of its ap- pearance or for the imperfect state in which he has at last suffered it to ap- pear . In all probability he had waited long in the hope of being able to ...
... ther has the author assigned any rea- son either for the long delay of its ap- pearance or for the imperfect state in which he has at last suffered it to ap- pear . In all probability he had waited long in the hope of being able to ...
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... ther , bear off , as their prize , his young son Lautaro . Sev'n snows had fall'n , and sev'n green summers pass'd , Since here he heard that son's lov'd accents last . Still his beloved daughter sooth'd his cares , While time began to ...
... ther , bear off , as their prize , his young son Lautaro . Sev'n snows had fall'n , and sev'n green summers pass'd , Since here he heard that son's lov'd accents last . Still his beloved daughter sooth'd his cares , While time began to ...
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... ther person , " will make a better wife for you by ten degrees , and then you will have her Father's Copies for nothing ; and his Book on the Sacrament , you know , has sold to the twentieth edition , which would have been an estate for ...
... ther person , " will make a better wife for you by ten degrees , and then you will have her Father's Copies for nothing ; and his Book on the Sacrament , you know , has sold to the twentieth edition , which would have been an estate for ...
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... ther she would have it in folio , with margi- nal notes ? To which she only said , " The best , the best . " " The next I shall mention is Mrs D- , who has a bad face , and a worse tongue ; and has the report of a Witch . Whether she be ...
... ther she would have it in folio , with margi- nal notes ? To which she only said , " The best , the best . " " The next I shall mention is Mrs D- , who has a bad face , and a worse tongue ; and has the report of a Witch . Whether she be ...
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Page 271 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Page 354 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe; He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime When like Apollo he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Page 2 - Few sorrows hath she of her own, My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve. I played a soft and doleful air, I sang an old and moving story — An old, rude song that suited well That ruin wild and hoary.
Page 57 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent.
Page 139 - More graceful than her own. His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark /Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
Page 179 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.