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" In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm, In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he... "
The Stranger in Ireland: Or, A Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of ... - Page 301
by Sir John Carr - 1806 - 530 pages
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas! 315 Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold; Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The deadly winter seizes; shuts up sense; And, o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold,...
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 pages
...little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. Winter, 311. NUMBER II. • Lucretius • Doctrina solers idem, clarusque Poeta, Antiqui vatis reparat...
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The Beauties of the Press: With an Appendix, Containing the Speech of Arthur ...

Press, Dublin - 1800 - 682 pages
...children. " Alas ! nor wife,, nor children more {hall he behold, nor friends nor facred home !'* No feraph mercy unbars his dungeon, and leads him forth to light and life, but theminifterof death hurries him to t'he fcene of fuffering and of (name ; where, unmoved by the the...
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The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The deadly Winter seizes; shuts up sense; And, o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold,...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The deadly Winter seizes; shuts up sense; And, o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold,...
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The Seasons ...

James Thomson - 1802 - 320 pages
...children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On ev'ry nerve The deadly Winter seizes; shuts up sense; And, o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold,...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1803 - 572 pages
...children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand thrir sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home." The word officious is here used in its primitive though not most nsual signification, of doing good...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...children, peeping out Into the mingling s orm, demand their sire, "With tears of artless innocence Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On eveiy nerve The deadly Winter seizes ; shuts up seme ; rouse the nation to revenge ; and although...
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Speeches of John Philpot Curran: To which is Added Henry Gratten, Esq's ...

John Philpot CURRAN (Right Hon.) - 1805 - 448 pages
...fubfided. "Alas! nor wife, nor children more fhall he behold, nor friends, nor (acred home!" No ferapb. mercy unbars his dungeon, and leads him forth to light and life, but the mjnifter of death hurries him to the fcene of fuffering and of fhame ; where, unmoved by the hoftile...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The deadly winter seizes; shuts up sense; And, o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold,...
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