The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xiii
... cause for the appearance of this . When the ensuing Letters were so far written , that I could form an opinion of them , and when I began to conceive that they might not be unacceptable to the public , I felt myself prompted by duty ...
... cause for the appearance of this . When the ensuing Letters were so far written , that I could form an opinion of them , and when I began to conceive that they might not be unacceptable to the public , I felt myself prompted by duty ...
Page xxii
... cause of much curiosity and some amusement . To such of my readers as may judge an enthusiastic teacher and his peculiarities to be unworthy any se- rious attention , I would observe that there is some- thing unusually daring in the ...
... cause of much curiosity and some amusement . To such of my readers as may judge an enthusiastic teacher and his peculiarities to be unworthy any se- rious attention , I would observe that there is some- thing unusually daring in the ...
Page xxviii
... caused by another , resentful and vindictive . The Letter on Itinerant Players will to some ap- pear too harshly written , their profligacy exaggerated , and their distresses magnified ; but though the re- spectability of a part of ...
... caused by another , resentful and vindictive . The Letter on Itinerant Players will to some ap- pear too harshly written , their profligacy exaggerated , and their distresses magnified ; but though the re- spectability of a part of ...
Page xxxi
... cause of both vice and misery ; nor does any thing which I have heard or read invalidate the opinion ; happily , it is not a prevailing one , as these houses are , I believe , still confined to that part of the kingdom where they ...
... cause of both vice and misery ; nor does any thing which I have heard or read invalidate the opinion ; happily , it is not a prevailing one , as these houses are , I believe , still confined to that part of the kingdom where they ...
Page xxxiv
... caused by sympathy should serve for more than a stimulus to benevolence . If then the strength and solidity of truth placed before our eyes have effect so feeble and transitory , I need not be very apprehensive that my representations ...
... caused by sympathy should serve for more than a stimulus to benevolence . If then the strength and solidity of truth placed before our eyes have effect so feeble and transitory , I need not be very apprehensive that my representations ...
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