Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - 231 sidor |
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... to some friend who resided with him . But as night approached , his gloom * An Authentic Narrative , & c . Edit . 1799 , pp . 4-85 , 7 . Johnson . of mind regularly increased ; and when he went to LIFE OF COWPER , & C . xvii.
... to some friend who resided with him . But as night approached , his gloom * An Authentic Narrative , & c . Edit . 1799 , pp . 4-85 , 7 . Johnson . of mind regularly increased ; and when he went to LIFE OF COWPER , & C . xvii.
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... night . Are men , indeed , such things and are the best More subject to this evil than the rest , -- To drivel out whole years of idiot breath , And sit the monuments of living death ? O ! galling circumstance to human pride ! Abasing ...
... night . Are men , indeed , such things and are the best More subject to this evil than the rest , -- To drivel out whole years of idiot breath , And sit the monuments of living death ? O ! galling circumstance to human pride ! Abasing ...
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... — For what ? An please you , sir , to see a friend . A friend ! Horatio cried , and scem'd to start- Yea marry shalt thou , and with all my heart.- And fetch my cloak ; for , though the night 76 BEAUTIES OF COWPER . Fashionable Friendship.
... — For what ? An please you , sir , to see a friend . A friend ! Horatio cried , and scem'd to start- Yea marry shalt thou , and with all my heart.- And fetch my cloak ; for , though the night 76 BEAUTIES OF COWPER . Fashionable Friendship.
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... night be raw , I'll see him too - the first I ever saw . I knew the man , and knew his nature mild , And was his plaything often when a child ; But somewhat at that moment pinch'd him close , Else he was seldom bitter or morose ...
... night be raw , I'll see him too - the first I ever saw . I knew the man , and knew his nature mild , And was his plaything often when a child ; But somewhat at that moment pinch'd him close , Else he was seldom bitter or morose ...
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... night , down - stooping from her ebon throne , Views constellations brighter than her own . " Tis innocent , and harmless , and refin'd ; The balm of care , elysium of the mind . Innocent ! Oh , if venerable time Slain at the foot of ...
... night , down - stooping from her ebon throne , Views constellations brighter than her own . " Tis innocent , and harmless , and refin'd ; The balm of care , elysium of the mind . Innocent ! Oh , if venerable time Slain at the foot of ...
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Sida 53 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Sida 228 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Sida 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Sida 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Sida 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Sida 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Sida 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Sida 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Sida 15 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Sida 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.