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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... thoughts , first ranked , were sure designed the great ; Passions plebeians are , which faction raise ; Wine , like ... thought - inspiring wo his heart shall mend , And prove his only wise , unflattering friend . Folly exhibits thus ...
... thoughts , first ranked , were sure designed the great ; Passions plebeians are , which faction raise ; Wine , like ... thought - inspiring wo his heart shall mend , And prove his only wise , unflattering friend . Folly exhibits thus ...
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... Thoughts , ' with the gloomy views it pre- ton died , and the court of chancery decided against the validity of the bond . The poet , being now quali - employed , it is select , nervous , and suitable . In fied by experience , published ...
... Thoughts , ' with the gloomy views it pre- ton died , and the court of chancery decided against the validity of the bond . The poet , being now quali - employed , it is select , nervous , and suitable . In fied by experience , published ...
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... thought Her ceaseless flight , though devious , speaks her nature Not on those terms was time ( heaven's stranger ! With antic shapes , wild natives of the brain ? From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove , her helm of reason ...
... thought Her ceaseless flight , though devious , speaks her nature Not on those terms was time ( heaven's stranger ! With antic shapes , wild natives of the brain ? From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove , her helm of reason ...
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... thought Resolves , and re - resolves ; then dies the same . And why ? because he thinks himself immortal . All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves , when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts ...
... thought Resolves , and re - resolves ; then dies the same . And why ? because he thinks himself immortal . All men think all men mortal but themselves ; Themselves , when some alarming shock of fate Strikes through their wounded hearts ...
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... thought alone ; The rich must labour to possess their own , To feel their great abundance , and request Their humble friends to help them to be blest ; To see their treasure , hear their glory told , And aid the wretched impotence of ...
... thought alone ; The rich must labour to possess their own , To feel their great abundance , and request Their humble friends to help them to be blest ; To see their treasure , hear their glory told , And aid the wretched impotence of ...
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