The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith |
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... natural and well conducted . Whoever ventures to prefer one , must allow the other two worthy of the same hand . The least , [ Collins's ] which is a favorite of mine , carries a force mixed with ten derness , and an uncommon elevation ...
... natural and well conducted . Whoever ventures to prefer one , must allow the other two worthy of the same hand . The least , [ Collins's ] which is a favorite of mine , carries a force mixed with ten derness , and an uncommon elevation ...
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... nature we must refuse our belief to it . Johnson was attached to Collins , and during his illness was a fre- quent inquirer after his health . His correspondence with Joseph Warton contains several allusions to his friend , which are ...
... nature we must refuse our belief to it . Johnson was attached to Collins , and during his illness was a fre- quent inquirer after his health . His correspondence with Joseph Warton contains several allusions to his friend , which are ...
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... nature gave him , and though science taught The fire of fancy , and the reach of thought , Severely doomed to penury's extreme , He passed in maddening pain life's feverish dream , While rays of genius only served to show The thickening ...
... nature gave him , and though science taught The fire of fancy , and the reach of thought , Severely doomed to penury's extreme , He passed in maddening pain life's feverish dream , While rays of genius only served to show The thickening ...
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... nature , and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acqui- escence in popular traditions . He loved fairies , genii , giants and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchant- ment , to gaze on the ...
... nature , and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acqui- escence in popular traditions . He loved fairies , genii , giants and monsters ; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchant- ment , to gaze on the ...
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... Nature's wounds , and wrecks , preside ; Whilst Vengeance , in the lurid air , Lifts her red arm , exposed and bare : On whom that ravening brood of Fate , Who lap the blood of sorrow , wait : Who , Fear , this ghastly train can see ...
... Nature's wounds , and wrecks , preside ; Whilst Vengeance , in the lurid air , Lifts her red arm , exposed and bare : On whom that ravening brood of Fate , Who lap the blood of sorrow , wait : Who , Fear , this ghastly train can see ...
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