Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale)Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 479 pages |
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Page 60
... praise ; While Merry can mount on the eagle's wide wing , Or melt in the nightingale's lays : On the beautiful banks of this classical stream While Bertie can carelessly rove , Dividing his hours , and varying his theme With philosophy ...
... praise ; While Merry can mount on the eagle's wide wing , Or melt in the nightingale's lays : On the beautiful banks of this classical stream While Bertie can carelessly rove , Dividing his hours , and varying his theme With philosophy ...
Page 66
... praise it deserved . I was now assailed on every side to become a Romanist , for Catholics I never would submit to call them who excluded from salvation every sect of our religion but their own . Dear Piozzi grew more and more weary of ...
... praise it deserved . I was now assailed on every side to become a Romanist , for Catholics I never would submit to call them who excluded from salvation every sect of our religion but their own . Dear Piozzi grew more and more weary of ...
Page 72
... praise Rough youths and village maidens sing . Incarnate God ! when He appear❜d , And blessings all around Him spread , Though still by radiant myriads fear'd , He chose the poor , the lowly shed . And sure before He comes again In ...
... praise Rough youths and village maidens sing . Incarnate God ! when He appear❜d , And blessings all around Him spread , Though still by radiant myriads fear'd , He chose the poor , the lowly shed . And sure before He comes again In ...
Page 77
... praises would have added two or three years to his life : For , ' says Dr. Johnson , that fellow died merely for want of change among his flatterers : he perished for want of more , like a man obliged to breathe the same air till it is ...
... praises would have added two or three years to his life : For , ' says Dr. Johnson , that fellow died merely for want of change among his flatterers : he perished for want of more , like a man obliged to breathe the same air till it is ...
Page 109
... But feel not their warmth tho ' their splendour we praise : So beauty our just admiration may claim , But Love , and Love only , the heart can inflame . interested friend taught him to consider as innocent , even LORD SANDWICH . 109.
... But feel not their warmth tho ' their splendour we praise : So beauty our just admiration may claim , But Love , and Love only , the heart can inflame . interested friend taught him to consider as innocent , even LORD SANDWICH . 109.
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