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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... once deposed , wisdom and wit , To noise and folly place and power submit ; Like a frail bark thy weakened mind is tost , Unsteered , unbalanced , till its wealth is lost . The miser - spirit eyes the spendthrift heir , And mourns , too ...
... once deposed , wisdom and wit , To noise and folly place and power submit ; Like a frail bark thy weakened mind is tost , Unsteered , unbalanced , till its wealth is lost . The miser - spirit eyes the spendthrift heir , And mourns , too ...
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... once , Thrilled in her thought , they , like the dewy star Of evening , shone in tears . A native grace Sat fair - proportioned on her polished limbs , Veiled in a simple robe , their best attire , Beyond the pomp of dress ; for ...
... once , Thrilled in her thought , they , like the dewy star Of evening , shone in tears . A native grace Sat fair - proportioned on her polished limbs , Veiled in a simple robe , their best attire , Beyond the pomp of dress ; for ...
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... once addressed your lord- ship in public , I had exhausted all the art of pleas- ing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess . I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected , be it ever so ...
... once addressed your lord- ship in public , I had exhausted all the art of pleas- ing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess . I had done all that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected , be it ever so ...
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... once the pride of awful state , The golden canopy , the glittering plate , The regal palace , the luxurious board , The liveried army , and the menial lord . With age , with cares , with maladies oppressed , He seeks the refuge of ...
... once the pride of awful state , The golden canopy , the glittering plate , The regal palace , the luxurious board , The liveried army , and the menial lord . With age , with cares , with maladies oppressed , He seeks the refuge of ...
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... once the vital chain , And freed his soul the nearest way . WILLIAM COLLINS . None of our poets have lived more under the ' skiey influences ' of imagination than that exquisite but ill - fated bard , COLLINS . His works are imbued with ...
... once the vital chain , And freed his soul the nearest way . WILLIAM COLLINS . None of our poets have lived more under the ' skiey influences ' of imagination than that exquisite but ill - fated bard , COLLINS . His works are imbued with ...
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