Letters ... written between the years 1784 and 1807 [ed. by A. Constable].1811 |
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... present . It arrived in taintless preservation the day of my return from Birmingham ; whither I had been allured by a generous concert , every professional man perform- ing gratis , in honour of the gallant Duncan's vic- tory , and for ...
... present . It arrived in taintless preservation the day of my return from Birmingham ; whither I had been allured by a generous concert , every professional man perform- ing gratis , in honour of the gallant Duncan's vic- tory , and for ...
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... presents its exhaustless stream , " That flows , and yet will flow , Volume decreaseless , to the end of time * . " Also the fertility and verdure of its placid course , and its formidable powers to desolate and de- - stroy . * My ...
... presents its exhaustless stream , " That flows , and yet will flow , Volume decreaseless , to the end of time * . " Also the fertility and verdure of its placid course , and its formidable powers to desolate and de- - stroy . * My ...
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... with all its excellence , I do not think it would have obtained in the present day . Pope subscribed for three sets of the former edition , in the year 1730 . ” — S . edition of the Seasons with the two last , printed LETTER V. 29.
... with all its excellence , I do not think it would have obtained in the present day . Pope subscribed for three sets of the former edition , in the year 1730 . ” — S . edition of the Seasons with the two last , printed LETTER V. 29.
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... present be the keenest ; but time has consolations for him , which it has not for that * good unfortunate man , whose " universal blank of * Colonel Dowdeswell , who lived with Mr Morhall , from the time he was struck with blindness ...
... present be the keenest ; but time has consolations for him , which it has not for that * good unfortunate man , whose " universal blank of * Colonel Dowdeswell , who lived with Mr Morhall , from the time he was struck with blindness ...
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... present period !!! It pronounces Gray and Mason creatures of art merely ; -that this age has had no poetic felicity , and ex- empts only from the Gothic dullness of that deci- sion , Darwin , Cowper , Burns , Mrs Barbauld , and Peter ...
... present period !!! It pronounces Gray and Mason creatures of art merely ; -that this age has had no poetic felicity , and ex- empts only from the Gothic dullness of that deci- sion , Darwin , Cowper , Burns , Mrs Barbauld , and Peter ...
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Страница 163 - For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through Heaven and earth : And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...
Страница 78 - Kilda's* shore ; whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounc'd, and ardent with paternal fire ^ Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own, He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, For ages, of his empire ; which, in peace, Unstain'd he holds, while many a league to sea He wings his course, and preys in distant isles.
Страница 78 - And once rejoicing, never know them more. High from the summit of a craggy cliff Hung o'er the deep, such as amazing frowns On utmost Kilda's * shore, whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong pounced, and ardent with paternal fire.
Страница 89 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
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Страница 89 - Wrapt close in conscious peace. The fall of kings, The rage of nations, and the crush of states, Move not the man who, from the world escap'd, In still retreats, and flowery solitudes, To Nature's voice attends...
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Страница 155 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown...
Страница 136 - W. for the interest he took in his destiny; but, observing that, even under conviction of General Arnold's inattention to his safety, he could not suggest to General Clinton any thing which might influence him to save his less important life by such an exchange.
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