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Page 44
... forrow , seems a kind of paradox of the heart , and only to be credited because it is universally felt . Various are the hypothefes which have been formed to account for the dif pofition of the mind to riot in this species of ...
... forrow , seems a kind of paradox of the heart , and only to be credited because it is universally felt . Various are the hypothefes which have been formed to account for the dif pofition of the mind to riot in this species of ...
Page 45
... forrows in order to feaft upon the consciousness of our own virtue . We commiferate others ( fay they ) that we may applaud ourselves ; and the figh of compaffionate fympathy is always fol- lowed by the gratulations of self - compla ...
... forrows in order to feaft upon the consciousness of our own virtue . We commiferate others ( fay they ) that we may applaud ourselves ; and the figh of compaffionate fympathy is always fol- lowed by the gratulations of self - compla ...
Page 47
... forrow is in WHA W the breeze ? —what lovely fun- beam of beauty trembling on the rock ? Its bright hair is bathed in showers ; and it looks , faint and dim , through its mift on the rushy plain . Why art thou alone →→→ maid of the ...
... forrow is in WHA W the breeze ? —what lovely fun- beam of beauty trembling on the rock ? Its bright hair is bathed in showers ; and it looks , faint and dim , through its mift on the rushy plain . Why art thou alone →→→ maid of the ...
Page 114
... forrow , the gloomy severities of La Trappe are really a relief . Retirement is alfo the fa- vourite wish of age . Many a ftatesman , and many a warriour , fick of the bustle of that world to which they had devoted the prime of their ...
... forrow , the gloomy severities of La Trappe are really a relief . Retirement is alfo the fa- vourite wish of age . Many a ftatesman , and many a warriour , fick of the bustle of that world to which they had devoted the prime of their ...
Page 161
... forrows felt ; Whilft in her fecret tears her freshness fades , As roses filently in lymbecks melt . GONDIBERT , however , though of a na ture by no means unfufceptible of the tender paffion , had not as yet felt it for a particular ...
... forrows felt ; Whilft in her fecret tears her freshness fades , As roses filently in lymbecks melt . GONDIBERT , however , though of a na ture by no means unfufceptible of the tender paffion , had not as yet felt it for a particular ...
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Aftragon againſt almoſt amidſt amongſt beauty becauſe Bergamo canto cauſe character cifm circumftances Clutha Comedy compofition courſe defire deſcription dignity diſcover diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs emotions epic poetry expreffion faid fame faſhion fcenes feel feems fenfibility fentiment fhall fide fimplicity fince firſt fome fomething foon forrow foul fource fpirit ftill ftream ftrength fubject fuch fuffering fuperftition fure genius Gondibert heart himſelf houſe inftance intereſting itſelf Jupiter juſt leaſt lefs leſs likewiſe loft ludicrous manners meaſure mind moft moſt muſt noble numbers nymph obferved occafion Ofwald ourſelves paffion perfon pity pleaſing pleaſure poem poet poffeffed praiſe preſerve profeffion purpoſe purſued purſuits racters raiſe reaſon refined refpect rendered repreſentation Rhodalind ridicule ſcarcely ſcene ſchools ſeems Seláma ſeveral ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould Sir Bertrand ſtage ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtory ſtrong ſtudy taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought turbation Tybalt univerſally uſe Vex'd virtue whofe whoſe