The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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... learning which the author possesses , and his peculiar style of com- position . A few of the titles placed below will give some information to the reader respecting the merit and design of those performances * . As many of the ...
... learning which the author possesses , and his peculiar style of com- position . A few of the titles placed below will give some information to the reader respecting the merit and design of those performances * . As many of the ...
Page xxxv
... learning is shed abroad on the world . If , in this Letter , I describe the lives of literary men as embit- tered by much evil ; if they be often disappointed , and sometimes unfitted for the world they improve ; let it be considered ...
... learning is shed abroad on the world . If , in this Letter , I describe the lives of literary men as embit- tered by much evil ; if they be often disappointed , and sometimes unfitted for the world they improve ; let it be considered ...
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... learning's rugged , steep ascent : When to the top the bold adventurer's got , He reigns vain monarch of a barren spot ; While in the vale of ignorance below , Folly and vice to rank luxuriance grow ; Honours and wealth pour in on every ...
... learning's rugged , steep ascent : When to the top the bold adventurer's got , He reigns vain monarch of a barren spot ; While in the vale of ignorance below , Folly and vice to rank luxuriance grow ; Honours and wealth pour in on every ...
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... Learning and Poverty - Erroneous Idea of his Parent - His Feelings as a Husband and Father -The dutiful Regard of his numerous Family - His Plea- sure as a Writer , how interrupted - No Resource in the Press - Vulgar Insult - His ...
... Learning and Poverty - Erroneous Idea of his Parent - His Feelings as a Husband and Father -The dutiful Regard of his numerous Family - His Plea- sure as a Writer , how interrupted - No Resource in the Press - Vulgar Insult - His ...
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... learning ; ' twill a portion be : " Unhappy gift ! a portion for a son ! But all he had : —he learn'd , and was undone ! Better , apprenticed to an humble trade , Had he the cassock for the priesthood made , Or thrown the shuttle , or ...
... learning ; ' twill a portion be : " Unhappy gift ! a portion for a son ! But all he had : —he learn'd , and was undone ! Better , apprenticed to an humble trade , Had he the cassock for the priesthood made , Or thrown the shuttle , or ...
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ALBEMARLE STREET Arminian behold Blaney BOROUGH Calvinistic cheerful Claudian comfort cried crime dare deed delight dread dwell ease evil fame favourite fear feel felt fix'd foes friends gain'd GEORGE CRABBE give grace grave grief grieve hear heart honour hope hour humble John Bunyan Juvenal kind labour LETTER live look look'd man's meads of asphodel mind misery never night numbers nymphs o'er once Ovid oxymel pain pass'd passions peace Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasant pleasure poison'd poor praise pride priest race racter reader rest rise Satan scenes scorn seem'd shame sigh Sir Denys sleep slow centuries smile soothed soul speech spirit spleen terrors thee thou thought took town trade trembling tried truth twas vex'd vice virtue walk wealth whist worth wretched youth