The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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... various points , which heretofore I entreated my friends to decide . Those friends were then my council , whose opinion I was implicitly to follow ; they are now advisers , whose ideas I am at liberty to reject . This will not , I hope ...
... various points , which heretofore I entreated my friends to decide . Those friends were then my council , whose opinion I was implicitly to follow ; they are now advisers , whose ideas I am at liberty to reject . This will not , I hope ...
Page xxxi
... various modes which have been discussed or adopted of one method only I venture to give my sentiments , that of collecting the poor of a hundred into one building . This admission of a vast number of persons , of all ages and both sexes ...
... various modes which have been discussed or adopted of one method only I venture to give my sentiments , that of collecting the poor of a hundred into one building . This admission of a vast number of persons , of all ages and both sexes ...
Page xxxv
... various seminaries , from that of the Poor Widow , who pronounces the alphabet for infants , to seats whence the light of learning is shed abroad on the world . If , in this Letter , I describe the lives of literary men as embit- tered ...
... various seminaries , from that of the Poor Widow , who pronounces the alphabet for infants , to seats whence the light of learning is shed abroad on the world . If , in this Letter , I describe the lives of literary men as embit- tered ...
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... various instances given up the quotation I was in pursuit of , and substituted such English verse or prose as I could find or invent for my purpose . THE BOROUGH . LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION . These did Xxxviii PREFACE .
... various instances given up the quotation I was in pursuit of , and substituted such English verse or prose as I could find or invent for my purpose . THE BOROUGH . LETTER I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION . These did Xxxviii PREFACE .
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... various haunts of men , Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he , who sang so well the Grecian fleet , So well have sung of alley , lane , or street ? Can ineasured lines these various buildings show , The Town - Hall Turning ...
... various haunts of men , Require the pencil ; they defy the pen : Could he , who sang so well the Grecian fleet , So well have sung of alley , lane , or street ? Can ineasured lines these various buildings show , The Town - Hall Turning ...
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Page 375 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 205 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 350 - Or sadly listen to the tuneless cry Of fishing gull or clanging golden-eye; What time the sea-birds to the marsh would come, And the loud bittern, from the bull-rush home, Gave from the salt ditch side the bellowing boom...
Page 385 - At the paternal door a carriage stands, Love knits their hearts and Hymen joins their hands. Ah ! — world unknown ! how charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new : Ah ! — world experienced ! what of thee is told ? How few thy pleasures, and those few how old...
Page 10 - Then the broad bosom of the Ocean keeps An equal motion; swelling as it sleeps, Then slowly sinking; curling to the Strand, Faint, lazy Waves o'ercreep the ridgy Sand, Or tap the tarry Boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow.
Page 30 - I go," he said ; but as he spoke, she found His hand more cold, and fluttering was the sound ; Then...
Page 375 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Page 11 - But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; CuiTd as they come, they strike with furious force, And then re-flowing, take their grating course, Raking the rounded flints, which ages past Roll'd by their rage, and shall to ages last.
Page 5 - With ceaseless motion comes and goes the tide, Flowing, it fills the channel vast and wide ; Then back to sea, with strong majestic sweep It rolls, in ebb yet terrible and deep ; Here sampire-banks (v) and salt-wort <•') bound the flood, There stakes and sea-weeds withering on the mud ; And higher up, a ridge of all things base, Which some strong tide has roll'd upon the place.
Page 6 - See! the long keel, which soon the waves must hide; See! the strong ribs which form the roomy side; Bolts yielding slowly to the sturdiest stroke, And planks which curve and crackle in the smoke. Around the whole rise cloudy wreaths, and far Bear the warm pungence of o'er-boiling tar.