The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xxxv
... lives of literary men as embit- tered by much evil ; if they be often disappointed , and sometimes unfitted for the world they improve ; let it be considered that they are described as men who possess that great pleasure , the exercise ...
... lives of literary men as embit- tered by much evil ; if they be often disappointed , and sometimes unfitted for the world they improve ; let it be considered that they are described as men who possess that great pleasure , the exercise ...
Page 27
... Lives with his friends , their pride and their distress . All this of Jacob Holmes ? for his the name ; He thus kind , liberal , just , religious ? —shame ! What is the truth ? Old Jacob married thrice ; He dealt in coals , and av'rice ...
... Lives with his friends , their pride and their distress . All this of Jacob Holmes ? for his the name ; He thus kind , liberal , just , religious ? —shame ! What is the truth ? Old Jacob married thrice ; He dealt in coals , and av'rice ...
Page 31
... their tasks and trials ; thine are hard , But short the time , and glorious the reward ; Thy patient spirit to thy duties give , Regard the dead , but to the living live . ( ) NOTES TO LETTER II . Note 1 , page 23 LET . II . 31 THE CHURCH .
... their tasks and trials ; thine are hard , But short the time , and glorious the reward ; Thy patient spirit to thy duties give , Regard the dead , but to the living live . ( ) NOTES TO LETTER II . Note 1 , page 23 LET . II . 31 THE CHURCH .
Page 34
... live , " into the sense - live entirely for them , attend to duties only which are real , and not those im- posed by the imagination , I shall have no need to alter the line which terminates the story . THE BOROUGH . LETTER III . THE ...
... live , " into the sense - live entirely for them , attend to duties only which are real , and not those im- posed by the imagination , I shall have no need to alter the line which terminates the story . THE BOROUGH . LETTER III . THE ...
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... live to speak of that soft soothing look He cast around , as he prepared his book ; It was a kind of supplicating smile , But nothing hopeless of applause , the while ; And when he finish'd , his corrected pride Felt the desert , and ...
... live to speak of that soft soothing look He cast around , as he prepared his book ; It was a kind of supplicating smile , But nothing hopeless of applause , the while ; And when he finish'd , his corrected pride Felt the desert , and ...
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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