The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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... his little flock he knew not whither , is such as , with variation of circumstances , misery al- ways utters at the sight of prosperity : : - Nos patriƦ fines , et dulcia linquimus arva : Nos 14 NO . 92 . ADVENTURER .
... his little flock he knew not whither , is such as , with variation of circumstances , misery al- ways utters at the sight of prosperity : : - Nos patriƦ fines , et dulcia linquimus arva : Nos 14 NO . 92 . ADVENTURER .
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... circumstance , which artfully glances at another of his services : - -In the deep nook , where once Thou call'st me up at midnight , to fetch dew From the still - vex'd Bermudas . Ariel , being one of those elves or spirits , ' whose ...
... circumstance , which artfully glances at another of his services : - -In the deep nook , where once Thou call'st me up at midnight , to fetch dew From the still - vex'd Bermudas . Ariel , being one of those elves or spirits , ' whose ...
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... circumstances in Shak- speare's Ariel , if we could suppose Pope to have been unacquainted with the Tempest , when he wrote this part of his accomplished poem : -She did confine thee- Into a cloven pine ; within which rift Imprison'd ...
... circumstances in Shak- speare's Ariel , if we could suppose Pope to have been unacquainted with the Tempest , when he wrote this part of his accomplished poem : -She did confine thee- Into a cloven pine ; within which rift Imprison'd ...
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... his eyes : Nothing of him that doth fade , But doth suffer a sea - change , Into something rich and strange . And then follows a most lively circumstance : Sea - nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark ! NO . 93 . 21 ADVENTURER .
... his eyes : Nothing of him that doth fade , But doth suffer a sea - change , Into something rich and strange . And then follows a most lively circumstance : Sea - nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark ! NO . 93 . 21 ADVENTURER .
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... circumstances ; but in the labour itself is the enjoy- ment , whether it be pursued to supply the neces- saries or the conveniences of life , whether to cultivate a farm or decorate a palace ; for when the palace is decorated , and the ...
... circumstances ; but in the labour itself is the enjoy- ment , whether it be pursued to supply the neces- saries or the conveniences of life , whether to cultivate a farm or decorate a palace ; for when the palace is decorated , and the ...
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