The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xxix
... light : they have no delicate ideas of shame , and therefore duns and hisses give them no other pain than what arises from the fear of not being trusted , joined with the apprehension that they may have nothing to subsist upon except ...
... light : they have no delicate ideas of shame , and therefore duns and hisses give them no other pain than what arises from the fear of not being trusted , joined with the apprehension that they may have nothing to subsist upon except ...
Page xxxii
... and resignation , a more uniform piety , and an immovable trust in the aid of religion : this , with the light texture of the introductory part , will , I hope , take off from that idea of sameness which the repeti- xxxii PREFACE .
... and resignation , a more uniform piety , and an immovable trust in the aid of religion : this , with the light texture of the introductory part , will , I hope , take off from that idea of sameness which the repeti- xxxii PREFACE .
Page xxxv
... light of 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 ...
... light of 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 ...
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... light - house brighter beams will rise , To show the shipman where the shallow lies . Thy walks are ever pleasant ; every scene Is rich in beauty , lively , or serene- Rich - is that varied view with woods around , Seen from the seat ...
... light - house brighter beams will rise , To show the shipman where the shallow lies . Thy walks are ever pleasant ; every scene Is rich in beauty , lively , or serene- Rich - is that varied view with woods around , Seen from the seat ...
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... Light twinkling streams in bright confusion move ; ( For heated thus , the warmer air ascends , And with the cooler in its fall contends ) — Then the broad bosom of the ocean keeps An equal motion ; swelling as it sleeps , Then slowly ...
... Light twinkling streams in bright confusion move ; ( For heated thus , the warmer air ascends , And with the cooler in its fall contends ) — Then the broad bosom of the ocean keeps An equal motion ; swelling as it sleeps , Then slowly ...
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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