The British Essayists: The AdventurerLittle, Brown, 1866 - English essays |
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... Tollere humo , victorque virum volitare per ora . VIRG . GEORG . iii . 9 . On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go , And leave the gazing multitude below . No. 92-140 . THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS : WITH PREFACES , HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
... Tollere humo , victorque virum volitare per ora . VIRG . GEORG . iii . 9 . On vent'rous wing in quest of praise I go , And leave the gazing multitude below . No. 92-140 . THE BRITISH ESSAYISTS : WITH PREFACES , HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
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... leave Me , me your lover , barbarous fugitive ! Seek the rough Alps where snows eternal shine , And joyless borders of the frozen Rhine . Ah ! may no cold e'er blast my dearest maid , Nor pointed ice thy tender feet invade ! WARTON ...
... leave Me , me your lover , barbarous fugitive ! Seek the rough Alps where snows eternal shine , And joyless borders of the frozen Rhine . Ah ! may no cold e'er blast my dearest maid , Nor pointed ice thy tender feet invade ! WARTON ...
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... leave our country's bounds , our much loved plains ; We from our country fly , unhappy swains ! You , Tityrus , in the groves at leisure laid , Teach Amaryllis ' name to every shade . WARTON . " His account of the difficulties of his ...
... leave our country's bounds , our much loved plains ; We from our country fly , unhappy swains ! You , Tityrus , in the groves at leisure laid , Teach Amaryllis ' name to every shade . WARTON . " His account of the difficulties of his ...
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... leaves the fair at large , Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall ...
... leaves the fair at large , Shall feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; Or plunged in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall ...
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... leave few intervals to pleasure . Business is that by which industry pursues its purpose , and the purpose of in- dustry is seldom disappointed ; he who endeavours to arrive at a certain point , which he perceives him- self perpetually ...
... leave few intervals to pleasure . Business is that by which industry pursues its purpose , and the purpose of in- dustry is seldom disappointed ; he who endeavours to arrive at a certain point , which he perceives him- self perpetually ...
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