The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xiv
... various points , which heretofore I entreated my friends to decide . Those friends were then my council , whose opinion I was implicitly to follow ; they are now advisers , whose ideas I am at liberty to reject . This will not , I hope ...
... various points , which heretofore I entreated my friends to decide . Those friends were then my council , whose opinion I was implicitly to follow ; they are now advisers , whose ideas I am at liberty to reject . This will not , I hope ...
Page xxxi
... various modes which have been discussed or adopted of one method only I venture to give my sentiments , that of collecting the poor of a hundred into one building . This admission of a vast number of persons , of all ages and both sexes ...
... various modes which have been discussed or adopted of one method only I venture to give my sentiments , that of collecting the poor of a hundred into one building . This admission of a vast number of persons , of all ages and both sexes ...
Page xxxv
... various seminaries , from that of the Poor Widow , who pronounces the alphabet for infants , to seats whence the light of learning is shed abroad on the world . If , in this Letter , I describe the lives of literary men as embit- tered ...
... various seminaries , from that of the Poor Widow , who pronounces the alphabet for infants , to seats whence the light of learning is shed abroad on the world . If , in this Letter , I describe the lives of literary men as embit- tered ...
Page xxxviii
... various instances given up the quotation I was in pursuit of , and substituted such English verse or prose as I could find or invent for my purpose . THE BOROUGH . LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION . These did Xxxviii PREFACE .
... various instances given up the quotation I was in pursuit of , and substituted such English verse or prose as I could find or invent for my purpose . THE BOROUGH . LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION . These did Xxxviii PREFACE .
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... various haunts of men , Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he , who sang so well the Grecian fleet , So well have sung of alley , lane , or street ? Can measured lines these various buildings show , The Town - Hall Turning ...
... various haunts of men , Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he , who sang so well the Grecian fleet , So well have sung of alley , lane , or street ? Can measured lines these various buildings show , The Town - Hall Turning ...
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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