The feast of the poets, with notes, and other pieces in verse, by the editor of The Examiner. The dedication signed: Leigh HuntLondon, 1815 |
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... thought to promise still more for it if presented to the public in a different manner , the author has been induced to give it such revision and enlargement , as may strengthen , perhaps , its claims on their good opinion . For this ...
... thought to promise still more for it if presented to the public in a different manner , the author has been induced to give it such revision and enlargement , as may strengthen , perhaps , its claims on their good opinion . For this ...
Page xi
... thought nothing about the passage , or felt more for the writer than for himself in seeing it . -Should the publication go to press a second time , it shall be altered . virtue as well as ability , he has all the PREFACE . ΧΙ.
... thought nothing about the passage , or felt more for the writer than for himself in seeing it . -Should the publication go to press a second time , it shall be altered . virtue as well as ability , he has all the PREFACE . ΧΙ.
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... thought through his eyes . I would not say more , lest my climax should lose ; ~~~ Yet now I have mention'd those lamps of the Muse , I can't but observe what a splendour they shed , When a thought more than common came into his head ...
... thought through his eyes . I would not say more , lest my climax should lose ; ~~~ Yet now I have mention'd those lamps of the Muse , I can't but observe what a splendour they shed , When a thought more than common came into his head ...
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... thought ' twould look odd , - And friendship , you know , -pray how is my dear God ? ' A smile , followed up by a shake of the head , Cross'd the fine lip of Phœbus , who view'd him , and said , - I'll give you a lesson , Sir , quite ...
... thought ' twould look odd , - And friendship , you know , -pray how is my dear God ? ' A smile , followed up by a shake of the head , Cross'd the fine lip of Phœbus , who view'd him , and said , - I'll give you a lesson , Sir , quite ...
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... thought ' twas the Bishops or Judges a coming , Or whole court of Aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , 5 But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . As soon as he saw him , Apollo seem'd ...
... thought ' twas the Bishops or Judges a coming , Or whole court of Aldermen hawing and humming , Or Abbot , at least , with his ushers before , 5 But ' twas only Bob Southey and two or three more . As soon as he saw him , Apollo seem'd ...
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