Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors ; from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 2Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... father . Such unnatural and unprincipled conduct almost exceeds belief . The boy was now withdrawn from school , and ... father's guardian hand my youth maintained , Called forth my virtues , or from vice restrained ; Is it not thine to ...
... father . Such unnatural and unprincipled conduct almost exceeds belief . The boy was now withdrawn from school , and ... father's guardian hand my youth maintained , Called forth my virtues , or from vice restrained ; Is it not thine to ...
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... father , who was then minister of the parish of Ednam , removed a few years afterwards to that of Southdean in the same county , a primitive and And , while their bounties glide , concealed from view , retired district situated among ...
... father , who was then minister of the parish of Ednam , removed a few years afterwards to that of Southdean in the same county , a primitive and And , while their bounties glide , concealed from view , retired district situated among ...
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... father too , a sordid man , Who love nor pity knew , Was all unfeeling as the clod From whence his riches grew . Long had he seen their secret flame , And seen it long unmoved ; Then with a father's frown at last Had sternly disapproved ...
... father too , a sordid man , Who love nor pity knew , Was all unfeeling as the clod From whence his riches grew . Long had he seen their secret flame , And seen it long unmoved ; Then with a father's frown at last Had sternly disapproved ...
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... father's cleavers , or hatchets , on his foot - rendered him lame for life , and per- petuated the recollection of his lowly birth . The Society of Dissenters advanced a sum for the edu- cation of the poet as a clergyman , and he ...
... father's cleavers , or hatchets , on his foot - rendered him lame for life , and per- petuated the recollection of his lowly birth . The Society of Dissenters advanced a sum for the edu- cation of the poet as a clergyman , and he ...
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... father's joy Contemplates . Then with Promethean art Into its proper vehicle he breathes The fair conception ; which , embodied thus , And permanent , becomes to eyes or ears An object ascertained : while thus informed , The various ...
... father's joy Contemplates . Then with Promethean art Into its proper vehicle he breathes The fair conception ; which , embodied thus , And permanent , becomes to eyes or ears An object ascertained : while thus informed , The various ...
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