The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xiv
... care , our anxiety , and our tenderness are principally directed : they are fondled as our endearing com- panions ; their faults are corrected with the lenity of partial love , and their good parts are exaggerated by the strength of ...
... care , our anxiety , and our tenderness are principally directed : they are fondled as our endearing com- panions ; their faults are corrected with the lenity of partial love , and their good parts are exaggerated by the strength of ...
Page xvi
... care , the event had been less disgraceful . When the reader enters into the Poem , he will find the author retired from view , and an imaginary per- sonage brought forward to describe his Borough for him to him it seemed convenient to ...
... care , the event had been less disgraceful . When the reader enters into the Poem , he will find the author retired from view , and an imaginary per- sonage brought forward to describe his Borough for him to him it seemed convenient to ...
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... cares are gone ; Now parties form , and some their friends assist To waste the idle hours at sober whist ; The tavern's pleasure or the concert's charm Unnumber'd moments of their sting disarm ; Play - bills and open doors a crowd ...
... cares are gone ; Now parties form , and some their friends assist To waste the idle hours at sober whist ; The tavern's pleasure or the concert's charm Unnumber'd moments of their sting disarm ; Play - bills and open doors a crowd ...
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... cares , " The pious , peaceful prebendary shares . ” " What is a Church ? " - Our honest sexton tells , " " Tis a tall building , with a tower and bells ; " Where priest and clerk with joint exertion strive " To keep the ardour of their ...
... cares , " The pious , peaceful prebendary shares . ” " What is a Church ? " - Our honest sexton tells , " " Tis a tall building , with a tower and bells ; " Where priest and clerk with joint exertion strive " To keep the ardour of their ...
Page 22
... care not for the On this , as parts decay'd by time and storms , Arose these various disproportion'd forms ; Yet Gothic , all the learn'd who visit us year ; ( And our small wonders ) have decided thus : " Yon noble Gothic arch ...
... care not for the On this , as parts decay'd by time and storms , Arose these various disproportion'd forms ; Yet Gothic , all the learn'd who visit us year ; ( And our small wonders ) have decided thus : " Yon noble Gothic arch ...
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Arminian behold Blaney BOROUGH byssus Calvinistic cheerful comfort cried crime dare deed delight dread dwell ease evil fame fate favourite fear feel felt fix'd foes friends gain'd GEORGE CRABBE give gout grace grave grief grieve hear heart honour hope hour humble Jachin John Bunyan Juvenal kind labour LETTER live look look'd man's meads of asphodel mind misery never night numbers nymphs o'er once Ovid oxymel pain pass'd passions peace Peter PETER GRIMES pity pleasant pleasure poison'd poor praise pride priest race racter reader rest rise Satan scenes scorn seat seem'd shame sigh Sir Denys sleep slow centuries smile soothed soul speech spirit spleen terrors thee thou thought town trade trembling tried truth twas vex'd vicar vice virtue wealth whist worth wretched youth