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... once so painful , and that I am encouraged to take upon myself the decision of various points , which heretofore I entreated my friends to decide . Those friends were then my council , whose opinion I was implicitly to follow ; they are ...
... once so painful , and that I am encouraged to take upon myself the decision of various points , which heretofore I entreated my friends to decide . Those friends were then my council , whose opinion I was implicitly to follow ; they are ...
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... once a week . Turn to the watery world ! —but who to thee ( A wonder yet unview'd ) shall paint — the Sea ? ( 1 ) [ Another name for the candle - berry . ] Various and vast , sublime in all its forms , C 4 LETTER I. 23 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
... once a week . Turn to the watery world ! —but who to thee ( A wonder yet unview'd ) shall paint — the Sea ? ( 1 ) [ Another name for the candle - berry . ] Various and vast , sublime in all its forms , C 4 LETTER I. 23 GENERAL DESCRIPTION .
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... once a bird of common occurrence and of some interest . During its Pelasgic period , it is seen on most parts of the seas , especially those on the north , west , and south - west of Britain , where it is the last bird to leave the ...
... once a bird of common occurrence and of some interest . During its Pelasgic period , it is seen on most parts of the seas , especially those on the north , west , and south - west of Britain , where it is the last bird to leave the ...
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... once , and then the day : " - Yet prudence tarried , but when last he went , He drew from pitying love a full consent . Happy he sail'd , and great the care she took , That he should softly sleep , and smartly look ; White was his ...
... once , and then the day : " - Yet prudence tarried , but when last he went , He drew from pitying love a full consent . Happy he sail'd , and great the care she took , That he should softly sleep , and smartly look ; White was his ...
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... once known his heart to move ; It led his patient spirit where it paid Its languid offerings to a listening Maid : She , with her widow'd Mother , heard him speak , And sought awhile to find what he would seek : Smiling he came , he ...
... once known his heart to move ; It led his patient spirit where it paid Its languid offerings to a listening Maid : She , with her widow'd Mother , heard him speak , And sought awhile to find what he would seek : Smiling he came , he ...
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Page 54 - God loves from whole to parts: but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race...
Page 54 - And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. That Orpheus...
Page 54 - These were to him essentials; all things new He deem'd superfluous, useless, or untrue; To all beside indifferent, easy, cold, Here the fire kindled, and the wo was told. Habit with him was all the test of truth, 'It must be right: I've done it from my youth'.
Page 99 - Cheapside shall my palfrey go to grass: and when I am king, as king I will be,— ALL God save your majesty! CADE I thank you, good people: there shall be no money; all shall eat and drink on my score; and I will apparel them all in one livery, that they may agree like brothers and worship me their lord.
Page 44 - twas her proper care. Here will she come, and on the grave will sit, Folding her arms, in long abstracted fit ; But, if observer pass, will take her round, And careless seem, for she would not be found ; Then go again, and thus her hour employ, While visions please her, and while woes destroy.
Page 85 - The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth, a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand, a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favour to the young.
Page 27 - In-shore their passage Tribes of Sea-Gulls urge, And drop for Prey within the sweeping Surge; Oft in the rough opposing Blast they fly Far back, then turn, and all their force apply, While to the Storm they give their weak complaining cry; Or clap the sleek white Pinion to the breast, And in the restless Ocean dip for rest.
Page 117 - Sir, a man will no more carry the artifice of the bar into the common intercourse of society, than a man who is paid for tumbling upon his hands will continue to tumble upon his hands when he should walk on his feet.
Page 24 - Embrown'd and horrid now, and now serene, In limpid blue, and evanescent green; And oft the foggy banks on ocean lie, Lift the fair sail, and cheat th
Page 43 - He had his wish, had more. I will not paint The lovers' meeting : she beheld him faint — With tender fears she took a nearer view, Her terrors doubling as her hopes withdrew ; He tried to smile, and, half succeeding, said, " Yes ! I must die ;