Flowers of Literature, for 1806: Or, Characteristic Sketches of Human Nature, and Modern Manners. To which are Added, a General View of Literature During that Period; Portraits and Biographical Notices of Eminent Literary, and Political Characters; with Notes, Historical, Critical, and ExplanatoryB. Crosby and Company, 1807 - 528 pages |
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... o'er me ; then put on The gentlest of thy looks-- Let no dark crimes , In all their hideous forms then starting up , Plant themselves round my couch in grim array , And stab my bleeding heart with two edg'd torture --- Sense of past ...
... o'er me ; then put on The gentlest of thy looks-- Let no dark crimes , In all their hideous forms then starting up , Plant themselves round my couch in grim array , And stab my bleeding heart with two edg'd torture --- Sense of past ...
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... o'er distant climes I stray , By guides experienc'd taught the way ; The wonders of each region view , From frozen Lapland to Peru ; Bound o'er rongh seas , and mountains bare , Yet ne'er forsake my elbow chair . " Swift has observed ...
... o'er distant climes I stray , By guides experienc'd taught the way ; The wonders of each region view , From frozen Lapland to Peru ; Bound o'er rongh seas , and mountains bare , Yet ne'er forsake my elbow chair . " Swift has observed ...
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... o'er her child , forgetting all her pangs , Insatiate of her smiles , the raptur'd parent hangs . " VANSITTART . It is , however , to the legitimate sons of poesy that this applies , and not to those incorrigibles , who are constantly ...
... o'er her child , forgetting all her pangs , Insatiate of her smiles , the raptur'd parent hangs . " VANSITTART . It is , however , to the legitimate sons of poesy that this applies , and not to those incorrigibles , who are constantly ...
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... o'er the billows ' glassy concaves roll'd The playful radiance of her fluid gold ; The silve . y surges drank the purple day , And rainbow colours ting'd the dashing spray ; The milk - white foam along the pebbly strand Danc'd on the ...
... o'er the billows ' glassy concaves roll'd The playful radiance of her fluid gold ; The silve . y surges drank the purple day , And rainbow colours ting'd the dashing spray ; The milk - white foam along the pebbly strand Danc'd on the ...
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... O'er Prussia's cities , and on Brunswick's plains ; Where ruthless anarchy again has hurl'd To second chaos the distemper'd world ; And peace and plenty , exil'd from their home , And doom'd , like vagrants , o'er that world to roam ...
... O'er Prussia's cities , and on Brunswick's plains ; Where ruthless anarchy again has hurl'd To second chaos the distemper'd world ; And peace and plenty , exil'd from their home , And doom'd , like vagrants , o'er that world to roam ...
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