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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 597
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 776 pages
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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind: The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame,...
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Select English poetry, with notes by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame,...
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Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...~, Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut tint gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes...
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The Illustrated London Reading Book

English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame,...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1851 - 378 pages
...Milton here may rest, ag Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blOOd. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Var. V. 58....
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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unrol ; Chill Penury repress' d their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a...crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to'a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide,...
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A Book for a Corner, Or Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness in the desert air. Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, .guiltless of his country's blood....history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades : Embracing ...

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1852 - 512 pages
...of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and rain to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut tha gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes...
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