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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... smile , grieved shade ! when that unprosperous store Fast lessens , when gay hours return no more ; Smile at thy heir , beholding , in his fall , Men once obliged , like him , ungrateful all ! Then thought - inspiring wo his heart shall ...
... smile , grieved shade ! when that unprosperous store Fast lessens , when gay hours return no more ; Smile at thy heir , beholding , in his fall , Men once obliged , like him , ungrateful all ! Then thought - inspiring wo his heart shall ...
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... smile . Who murders Time , he crushes in the birth A power ethereal , only not adored . Ah ! how unjust to nature and himself Is thoughtless , thankless , inconsistent man ! Like children babbling nonsense in their sports , We censure ...
... smile . Who murders Time , he crushes in the birth A power ethereal , only not adored . Ah ! how unjust to nature and himself Is thoughtless , thankless , inconsistent man ! Like children babbling nonsense in their sports , We censure ...
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... smile at sometimes meeting with a heavy monotonous period , a false ornament , or tumid expression , the result of an indolent mind working itself up to a great effort , and we may wish the subjects of his description were sometimes ...
... smile at sometimes meeting with a heavy monotonous period , a false ornament , or tumid expression , the result of an indolent mind working itself up to a great effort , and we may wish the subjects of his description were sometimes ...
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... smile immense . And now , As if his weary chariot sought the bowers Of Amphitrite , and her tending nymphs , ( So Grecian fable sung ) he dips his orb ; Now half immersed ; and now a golden curve Gives one bright glance , then total ...
... smile immense . And now , As if his weary chariot sought the bowers Of Amphitrite , and her tending nymphs , ( So Grecian fable sung ) he dips his orb ; Now half immersed ; and now a golden curve Gives one bright glance , then total ...
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... smile on nature's face . Not Titian's pencil e'er could so array , So fierce with clouds , the pure ethereal space ; Ne could it e'er such melting forms display , As loose on flowery beds all languishingly lay . No , fair illusions ...
... smile on nature's face . Not Titian's pencil e'er could so array , So fierce with clouds , the pure ethereal space ; Ne could it e'er such melting forms display , As loose on flowery beds all languishingly lay . No , fair illusions ...
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