The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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... pleasures , that they court even the remembrance with eager so- licitation , by conjuring up the ghosts of departed in- dulgences with all the aid that memory can afford them . These characters demand some attention , because they hold ...
... pleasures , that they court even the remembrance with eager so- licitation , by conjuring up the ghosts of departed in- dulgences with all the aid that memory can afford them . These characters demand some attention , because they hold ...
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... pleasure , the exercise of their own talents , and the delight which flows from their own exertions : they have joy in their pursuits , and glory in their acquirements of knowledge . Their victory over difficulties affords the most ...
... pleasure , the exercise of their own talents , and the delight which flows from their own exertions : they have joy in their pursuits , and glory in their acquirements of knowledge . Their victory over difficulties affords the most ...
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... pleasures unreproved by law ; Then how serene ! when in your favourite room , 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 ...
... pleasures unreproved by law ; Then how serene ! when in your favourite room , 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 ...
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... pleasures once a week . Turn to the watery world ! -- but who to thee ( A wonder yet unview'd ) shall paint - the sea ? Various and vast , sublime in all its forms , When lull'd by zephyrs , or when roused by storms , Its colours ...
... pleasures once a week . Turn to the watery world ! -- but who to thee ( A wonder yet unview'd ) shall paint - the sea ? Various and vast , sublime in all its forms , When lull'd by zephyrs , or when roused by storms , Its colours ...
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... pleasure or the concert's charm Unnumber'd moments of their sting disarm ; Play - bills and open doors a crowd invite , To pass off one dread portion of the night ; And show and song and luxury combined , Lift off from man this burthen ...
... pleasure or the concert's charm Unnumber'd moments of their sting disarm ; Play - bills and open doors a crowd invite , To pass off one dread portion of the night ; And show and song and luxury combined , Lift off from man this burthen ...
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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