Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... thought that the great end was gained . It is not necessary here to present arguments establishing that there are faculties for cognising the beautiful in art , thought , and feeling , as well as for perceiving and enjoying the truths ...
... thought that the great end was gained . It is not necessary here to present arguments establishing that there are faculties for cognising the beautiful in art , thought , and feeling , as well as for perceiving and enjoying the truths ...
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... thought very necessary even to discourses from the pulpit , and when all the fables that could be gleaned from ancient writings , or from the relations of tra- vellers , were collected into story books , and preserved by the learned for ...
... thought very necessary even to discourses from the pulpit , and when all the fables that could be gleaned from ancient writings , or from the relations of tra- vellers , were collected into story books , and preserved by the learned for ...
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... thought ; No longer then after Death they sought , But each of them so glad was of the sight , For that the florins been so fair and bright , That down they set them by the precious hoard : The worst of them he spake the firsté word ...
... thought ; No longer then after Death they sought , But each of them so glad was of the sight , For that the florins been so fair and bright , That down they set them by the precious hoard : The worst of them he spake the firsté word ...
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... thought to aspy His cause , and go'th in company . This angel with his words wise Opposeth them in sundry wise ; Now loud words and now soft , That made them to disputen oft ; And each his reason had , And thus with tales he them led ...
... thought to aspy His cause , and go'th in company . This angel with his words wise Opposeth them in sundry wise ; Now loud words and now soft , That made them to disputen oft ; And each his reason had , And thus with tales he them led ...
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... thoughts imparted with such trust , The wanton talk , the divers change of play , The friendship sworn , each promise kept so just ; Wherewith we passed the winter night away . And with this thought , the blood forsakes the face , The ...
... thoughts imparted with such trust , The wanton talk , the divers change of play , The friendship sworn , each promise kept so just ; Wherewith we passed the winter night away . And with this thought , the blood forsakes the face , The ...
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