The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xi
... look for much lenity , and could not fear the severity of critical examination : from your Grace , who , happily , have no such impediment to justice , I must not look for the same kind of indulgence . I am assured , by those whose ...
... look for much lenity , and could not fear the severity of critical examination : from your Grace , who , happily , have no such impediment to justice , I must not look for the same kind of indulgence . I am assured , by those whose ...
Page xxv
... look up to the writer as a man literally inspired , to whose wants they administer with their substance , and to whose guidance they prostrate their spirit and under- standing . Having been so long detained by this Letter , I must not ...
... look up to the writer as a man literally inspired , to whose wants they administer with their substance , and to whose guidance they prostrate their spirit and under- standing . Having been so long detained by this Letter , I must not ...
Page xxvi
... look , the careful man received and surveyed the bond given to him ; and , after a sigh or two of lingering mistrust , he placed it in the coffer whence he had just before taken his cash ; for which , and for whose increase , he now ...
... look , the careful man received and surveyed the bond given to him ; and , after a sigh or two of lingering mistrust , he placed it in the coffer whence he had just before taken his cash ; for which , and for whose increase , he now ...
Page 4
... look , As it steals by , upon the bordering brook ; That winding streamlet , limpid , lingering , slow , Where the reeds whisper when the zephyrs blow ; Where in the midst , upon her throne of green , Sits the large lily ( 1 ) as the ...
... look , As it steals by , upon the bordering brook ; That winding streamlet , limpid , lingering , slow , Where the reeds whisper when the zephyrs blow ; Where in the midst , upon her throne of green , Sits the large lily ( 1 ) as the ...
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... Gales from your jasmines soothe the evening gloom ; When from your upland paddock you look down , And just perceive the smoke which hides the town ; When weary peasants at the close of day Walk to LET . I. 7 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
... Gales from your jasmines soothe the evening gloom ; When from your upland paddock you look down , And just perceive the smoke which hides the town ; When weary peasants at the close of day Walk to LET . I. 7 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
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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