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History of the English Language and Literature - Page 107
by Robert Chambers - 1837 - 328 pages
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Wit and Humour, Selected from the English Poets: With an Illustrative Essay ...

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 pages
...EVER AND FOR EVER ! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven...high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! As long as Atalantis shall be read,6 Or the small pillow grace a lady's head, While visits shall...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: To which is Prefixed, a Life of the ...

Alexander Pope - 1846 - 328 pages
...ever, and for ever ! Then flash'd the livid lightning from her eyes, And streams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven...lap-dogs, breathe their last Or when rich china vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust, and painted fragments lie. ' Let wreaths of triumph now my temples...
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Wit and Humor

Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 pages
...And screams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast, Whtn husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe their last ! Or...high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! " Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine (The victor cried), the glorious prize is mine ! While...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 540 pages
...SAVAGE. 10. Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend the vaulted skies ; Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast,...lap-dogs, breathe their last ; Or when rich china vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie. POPE. 11. From loveless youth to unrespected...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 526 pages
...SAVAGE. 10. Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend the vaulted skies ; Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven are cast,...lap-dogs, breathe their last ; Or when rich china vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie. POPE. 11. From loveless youth to unrespected...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 2

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 pages
...her eyes, 155 And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heav'n are cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs breathe...; Or when rich China vessels fall'n from high, In glitt'ring dust, and painted fragments lie ! 160 Let wreaths of triumph now my temples twine, (The...
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Elements of Criticism: With Analyses, and Translation of Ancient and Foreign ...

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1847 - 516 pages
...from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heav'n are cast, When husbands or when lapdogs breathe their...last Or when rich china vessels fall'n from high, In glitt'ring dust and painted fragments he! Joining things that in appearance are opposite. As for example,...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. Revised and arranged expressly for the ...

Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...ever, and for ever ! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying heaven...lap-dogs, breathe their last ; Or when rich China vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust and painted fragments lie ! Let wreaths of triumph now my temples...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1850 - 510 pages
...her eyes, And streams of horror rend the affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven arc cast, When husbands, or when lap-dogs, breathe their last ! Or when rich china vessels, fallen from high, In glittering dust, and painted fragments lie. * Let wreaths of triumph now my temples...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1851 - 348 pages
...head, for ever, and for ever ! Then flash'd the living lightning from her eyes, And screams of horror rend th' affrighted skies. Not louder shrieks to pitying Heaven are cast, Hyhen^ husbands^ or when lapdo^s breathe their last; Or when rich China vessels, fall'n from high,...
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