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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... grace , and variety ; yet only rising in one or two instances to the higher flights of Thomson . In 1843 , a Poem to the Memory of Mr Congreve , Inscribed to her Grace Henrietta , Duchess of Marl- borough , was reprinted for the Percy ...
... grace , and variety ; yet only rising in one or two instances to the higher flights of Thomson . In 1843 , a Poem to the Memory of Mr Congreve , Inscribed to her Grace Henrietta , Duchess of Marl- borough , was reprinted for the Percy ...
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... grace Sat fair - proportioned on her polished limbs , Veiled in a simple robe , their best attire , Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament , But is , when unadorned , adorned the most ...
... grace Sat fair - proportioned on her polished limbs , Veiled in a simple robe , their best attire , Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament , But is , when unadorned , adorned the most ...
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... grace . This done , right fain Sir porter sat him down , and turned to sleep again . Strait of these endless numbers , swarming round , As thick as idle motes in sunny ray , Not one eftsoons in view was to be found , But every man ...
... grace . This done , right fain Sir porter sat him down , and turned to sleep again . Strait of these endless numbers , swarming round , As thick as idle motes in sunny ray , Not one eftsoons in view was to be found , But every man ...
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... grace ; O'er which were shadowy cast Elysian gleams , That played in waving lights , from place to place , And shed a roseate smile on nature's face . Not Titian's pencil e'er could so array , So fierce with clouds , the pure ethereal ...
... grace ; O'er which were shadowy cast Elysian gleams , That played in waving lights , from place to place , And shed a roseate smile on nature's face . Not Titian's pencil e'er could so array , So fierce with clouds , the pure ethereal ...
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... grace , Is all abroad upon her face ; In bloom of youth still to survive , All charms are there , and all alive . The Braes of Yarrow . A. Busk ye , busk ye , my bonny bonny bride , Busk ye , busk ye , my winsome marrow ! Busk ye , busk ...
... grace , Is all abroad upon her face ; In bloom of youth still to survive , All charms are there , and all alive . The Braes of Yarrow . A. Busk ye , busk ye , my bonny bonny bride , Busk ye , busk ye , my winsome marrow ! Busk ye , busk ...
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