The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xviii
... smile and sigh in the perusal of the following Letters . This may appear vain , and more than an author ought to promise ; but let it be considered that the character assumed is that of a friend , who gives an account of objects ...
... smile and sigh in the perusal of the following Letters . This may appear vain , and more than an author ought to promise ; but let it be considered that the character assumed is that of a friend , who gives an account of objects ...
Page xxv
... smile at those miraculous accounts , but he would consider them and the language of the author as be- neath his further attention : I therefore once more refer him to those pamphlets , which will afford mat- ter for pity and for ...
... smile at those miraculous accounts , but he would consider them and the language of the author as be- neath his further attention : I therefore once more refer him to those pamphlets , which will afford mat- ter for pity and for ...
Page 15
... , and when Men are our subjects and the deeds of men ; Then may we find the Muse in happier style , And we may sometimes sigh and sometimes smile . NOTES TO LETTER I. Note 1 , page 4 , LET . I. 15 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
... , and when Men are our subjects and the deeds of men ; Then may we find the Muse in happier style , And we may sometimes sigh and sometimes smile . NOTES TO LETTER I. Note 1 , page 4 , LET . I. 15 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
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... when at last thy love shall die , Wilt thou receive his parting breath ? Wilt thou repress each struggling sigh , And cheer with smiles the bed of death ? Percy . Several Meanings of the word Church - The Building so c 2 The Church.
... when at last thy love shall die , Wilt thou receive his parting breath ? Wilt thou repress each struggling sigh , And cheer with smiles the bed of death ? Percy . Several Meanings of the word Church - The Building so c 2 The Church.
Page 29
... smile , and , half succeeding , said , " Yes ! I must die ; " and hope for ever fled . Still long she nursed him : tender thoughts meantime Were interchanged , and hopes and views sublime . To her he came to die , and every day LET . II ...
... smile , and , half succeeding , said , " Yes ! I must die ; " and hope for ever fled . Still long she nursed him : tender thoughts meantime Were interchanged , and hopes and views sublime . To her he came to die , and every day LET . II ...
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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