The Beauties of English Writers: In Prose and VerseR. Scott, 1799 - 308 страници |
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... heart may be mended as well as the imagination gratified , by a perufal of them . They would , with fome degree of con- fidence , recommend this Collection to the attention of youth , as one chief object of the Compilers was to infert ...
... heart may be mended as well as the imagination gratified , by a perufal of them . They would , with fome degree of con- fidence , recommend this Collection to the attention of youth , as one chief object of the Compilers was to infert ...
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... heart . Too foon he heard of Lindamira's fame , ' Twas each enamour'd fhepherd's fav'rite theme ; Return'd the rifing , and the fetting fun , The fhepherd's fav'rite theme was never done . They prais'd her wit , her worth , her shape ...
... heart . Too foon he heard of Lindamira's fame , ' Twas each enamour'd fhepherd's fav'rite theme ; Return'd the rifing , and the fetting fun , The fhepherd's fav'rite theme was never done . They prais'd her wit , her worth , her shape ...
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... heart , Too proud to feel , too felfifh to impart . Cold as the fnows of Rhodope descend , And with the chilling waves of Hebrus blend ; So cold the breast where vanity prefides , And mean felf - love the bofom - feelings guides . Too ...
... heart , Too proud to feel , too felfifh to impart . Cold as the fnows of Rhodope descend , And with the chilling waves of Hebrus blend ; So cold the breast where vanity prefides , And mean felf - love the bofom - feelings guides . Too ...
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... heart been hard as his , ' fhe cried , • An hapless victim thus I had not died : If there be gods , and gods there furely are , • Infulted virtue doubtlefs is their care . • Then haften righteous Heaven ! my tedious fate , • Shorten my ...
... heart been hard as his , ' fhe cried , • An hapless victim thus I had not died : If there be gods , and gods there furely are , • Infulted virtue doubtlefs is their care . • Then haften righteous Heaven ! my tedious fate , • Shorten my ...
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... heart its vital spirits keep , And scorn to mingle with the marble heap . When babbling fame the fatal tidings bore , Grief feized the foul of perjur'd Polydore ; Despair and horror robb'd his foul of reft , And deep compunction wrung ...
... heart its vital spirits keep , And scorn to mingle with the marble heap . When babbling fame the fatal tidings bore , Grief feized the foul of perjur'd Polydore ; Despair and horror robb'd his foul of reft , And deep compunction wrung ...
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