The Poetical Works of William CollinsG. Bell, 1904 - 102 pages |
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Page xxxiii
... clear complexion , with grey eyes , so very weak at times as hardly to bear a candle in the room ; and often raising within him appre- hensions of blindness . " With an anecdote respecting him , while he was MEMOIR OF COLLINS . xxxiii.
... clear complexion , with grey eyes , so very weak at times as hardly to bear a candle in the room ; and often raising within him appre- hensions of blindness . " With an anecdote respecting him , while he was MEMOIR OF COLLINS . xxxiii.
Page xlvii
... eyes which it afterwards possessed but it is doubtful if Collins ever read this token of his future fame . Goldsmith's " Essay " was not published until April , 1759— two months only before Collins's decease . No newspaper or magazine ...
... eyes which it afterwards possessed but it is doubtful if Collins ever read this token of his future fame . Goldsmith's " Essay " was not published until April , 1759— two months only before Collins's decease . No newspaper or magazine ...
Page xlix
... eyes , " and add , that he " associated very little . " They were speaking , however , many years after his decease ; and many more after he left the college . Langhorne says that he was " in stature somewhat above the middle size ; of ...
... eyes , " and add , that he " associated very little . " They were speaking , however , many years after his decease ; and many more after he left the college . Langhorne says that he was " in stature somewhat above the middle size ; of ...
Page l
... eyes , so very weak at times as hardly to bear a candle in the room . " The same authority , though relating an anecdote evi- dencing an imperturbable good humour , speaks of him as possessing a warm temper , " but generally as " good ...
... eyes , so very weak at times as hardly to bear a candle in the room . " The same authority , though relating an anecdote evi- dencing an imperturbable good humour , speaks of him as possessing a warm temper , " but generally as " good ...
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... eyes : For you those flowers her fragrant hands bestow ; And yours the love that kings delight to know . Yet think not these , all beauteous as they are , The best kind blessings heaven can grant the fair ! Who trust alone in beauty's ...
... eyes : For you those flowers her fragrant hands bestow ; And yours the love that kings delight to know . Yet think not these , all beauteous as they are , The best kind blessings heaven can grant the fair ! Who trust alone in beauty's ...
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