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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... Poetical Enthusiast , 417 The Pelican Island , 418 LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON , Change , Crescentius , 449 449 450 The Recluse , 418 The Grasp of the Dead , 450 The Grave , 418 From the Improvisatrice , 450 The Field of the World , 419 ...
... Poetical Enthusiast , 417 The Pelican Island , 418 LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON , Change , Crescentius , 449 449 450 The Recluse , 418 The Grasp of the Dead , 450 The Grave , 418 From the Improvisatrice , 450 The Field of the World , 419 ...
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... poetical feeling , seemed to revive the spirit of the elder muse , and to assert the dignity of genuine inspiration . Young in his best performances -his startling denunciations of death and judgment , his solemn appeals , his piety ...
... poetical feeling , seemed to revive the spirit of the elder muse , and to assert the dignity of genuine inspiration . Young in his best performances -his startling denunciations of death and judgment , his solemn appeals , his piety ...
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... poetical artist fully as much as the humble and penitent Christian . His works are numerous ; but the best are the ' Night Thoughts , ' the Universal Passion , ' and the tragedy of Revenge . The foundation of his great poem was family ...
... poetical artist fully as much as the humble and penitent Christian . His works are numerous ; but the best are the ' Night Thoughts , ' the Universal Passion , ' and the tragedy of Revenge . The foundation of his great poem was family ...
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... poetical imagery , bursts of sentiment , and rays of fancy , does the poet - divine clothe the trite and simple truths , that all is vanity , and that man is born to die ! These thoughts , O Night ! are thine ; From thee they came like ...
... poetical imagery , bursts of sentiment , and rays of fancy , does the poet - divine clothe the trite and simple truths , that all is vanity , and that man is born to die ! These thoughts , O Night ! are thine ; From thee they came like ...
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... poetical subject poetically treated - filled to overflowing with the richest materials of poetry , and the emanations of benevolence . In the Castle of Indolence we have the concentration or essence of those materials applied to a ...
... poetical subject poetically treated - filled to overflowing with the richest materials of poetry , and the emanations of benevolence . In the Castle of Indolence we have the concentration or essence of those materials applied to a ...
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