The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith |
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Page 12
... soon stood still . Both Dr. Johnson and Mr. Langhorne are mistaken when they say the Translation of Aristotle ' was never begun . I know the contrary , for some progress was made in both , but most in the latter . From the freedom ...
... soon stood still . Both Dr. Johnson and Mr. Langhorne are mistaken when they say the Translation of Aristotle ' was never begun . I know the contrary , for some progress was made in both , but most in the latter . From the freedom ...
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... . While on this tour he wrote several letters to his Oxford friends , but none of them have appeared in print , or are now known to exist . Soon after his arrival , his uncle died , and left his property 14 LIFE OF COLLINS .
... . While on this tour he wrote several letters to his Oxford friends , but none of them have appeared in print , or are now known to exist . Soon after his arrival , his uncle died , and left his property 14 LIFE OF COLLINS .
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... soon after his uncle's death ; and with the usual weakness of men so diseased , eagerly snatched that tem- porary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and seduce . But his health continually declined , and he grew more and ...
... soon after his uncle's death ; and with the usual weakness of men so diseased , eagerly snatched that tem- porary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and seduce . But his health continually declined , and he grew more and ...
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... Soon afterwards were these lines : Whatever dark , aërial power , Commissioned , haunts the gloomy tower . ' The last stanza consisted of a moral transition to his own death and knell , which he called ' some simpler bell . ' I have ...
... Soon afterwards were these lines : Whatever dark , aërial power , Commissioned , haunts the gloomy tower . ' The last stanza consisted of a moral transition to his own death and knell , which he called ' some simpler bell . ' I have ...
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... Soon after I found the poem , I showed it to Mr. Home , who told me that it had been addressed to him by Mr. Collins on his leaving London , in 1749 ; that it was hastily composed and incorrect ; but that he would one day find leisure ...
... Soon after I found the poem , I showed it to Mr. Home , who told me that it had been addressed to him by Mr. Collins on his leaving London , in 1749 ; that it was hastily composed and incorrect ; but that he would one day find leisure ...
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