The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xxx
... truth of the character ; and though it may not be very pleasing , it may be useful to delineate ( for cer- tain minds ) these mixtures of levity and vice ; people who are thus incurably vain and determinately worldly ; thus devoted to ...
... truth of the character ; and though it may not be very pleasing , it may be useful to delineate ( for cer- tain minds ) these mixtures of levity and vice ; people who are thus incurably vain and determinately worldly ; thus devoted to ...
Page xxxiv
... truth placed before our eyes have effect so feeble and transitory , I need not be very apprehensive that my representations of Poor - houses and Prisons , of wants and sufferings , however faithfully taken , will excite any feelings ...
... truth placed before our eyes have effect so feeble and transitory , I need not be very apprehensive that my representations of Poor - houses and Prisons , of wants and sufferings , however faithfully taken , will excite any feelings ...
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... Truth and Reason speak , 66 They would reply , “ The faithful , pure , and meek ; " From Christian folds , the one selected race , " Of all professions , and in every place . " " What is a Church ? " - " A flock , " our vicar cries ...
... Truth and Reason speak , 66 They would reply , “ The faithful , pure , and meek ; " From Christian folds , the one selected race , " Of all professions , and in every place . " " What is a Church ? " - " A flock , " our vicar cries ...
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... truth ? Old Jacob married thrice ; He dealt in coals , and av'rice was his vice ; He ruled the Borough when his year came on , And some forget , and some are glad he's gone ; For never yet with shilling could he part , But when it left ...
... truth ? Old Jacob married thrice ; He dealt in coals , and av'rice was his vice ; He ruled the Borough when his year came on , And some forget , and some are glad he's gone ; For never yet with shilling could he part , But when it left ...
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... truth ; In ev'ry place she wander'd , where they'd been , And sadly - sacred held the parting - scene ; Where last for sea he took his leave - that place With double interest would she nightly trace ; For long the courtship was , and he ...
... truth ; In ev'ry place she wander'd , where they'd been , And sadly - sacred held the parting - scene ; Where last for sea he took his leave - that place With double interest would she nightly trace ; For long the courtship was , and he ...
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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