The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith |
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... kind . Nothing important in the lives , or in relation to the poetical works of the authors , has been designedly omitted . The original notes of all have been given , without omission or abbreviation , and from various sources such ...
... kind . Nothing important in the lives , or in relation to the poetical works of the authors , has been designedly omitted . The original notes of all have been given , without omission or abbreviation , and from various sources such ...
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... kind , which might do honor to any collection . There belongs to them a happy facility of versification , and the way to the scope , or the striking part , is natural and well conducted . Whoever ventures to prefer one , must allow the ...
... kind , which might do honor to any collection . There belongs to them a happy facility of versification , and the way to the scope , or the striking part , is natural and well conducted . Whoever ventures to prefer one , must allow the ...
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... kind , Hence , with each theme , he bids the bosom glow , While his warm lays an easy passage find , Poured through each inmost nerve , and lull the harmonious ear . Ver . 16. Melting it flows , pure , numerous , strong and clear . The ...
... kind , Hence , with each theme , he bids the bosom glow , While his warm lays an easy passage find , Poured through each inmost nerve , and lull the harmonious ear . Ver . 16. Melting it flows , pure , numerous , strong and clear . The ...
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... now universally acknowledged , as Southey says , " to be the best of their kind in the language . " We have studied them to discover the faults pointed out by Dr. Johnson , and we must acknowledge without 3 * LIFE OF COLLINS . 25.
... now universally acknowledged , as Southey says , " to be the best of their kind in the language . " We have studied them to discover the faults pointed out by Dr. Johnson , and we must acknowledge without 3 * LIFE OF COLLINS . 25.
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... kind blessings Heaven can grant the fair ! Who trust alone in beauty's feeble ray Boast but the worth Bassora's pearls display : Drawn from the deep we own their surface bright , But , dark within , they drink no lustrous light : Such ...
... kind blessings Heaven can grant the fair ! Who trust alone in beauty's feeble ray Boast but the worth Bassora's pearls display : Drawn from the deep we own their surface bright , But , dark within , they drink no lustrous light : Such ...
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