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The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland - Page 339
by Abraham Mills - 1851
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ...

William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the...ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And abut n, devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men...hoav'nly grace: and God proclaiming peace, Yet live in With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober...
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Œuvres de M.J. Chénier ...: précédés d'une notice sur Chénier, Volume 3

Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...their crimes confîn'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy ou mankind. The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to...ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse' s flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober...
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An account of the island of Jersey

W. Plees - 1824 - 424 pages
...penury repressed their noble rage, " And froze the genial current of their soul." " Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, " Their sober wishes never..." Along the cool sequestered vale of life, " They kept the noiseless tenor of their way." GRAY. * The western coast of .Lower Jformandy has, in many...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The strugglmg pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes...ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober...
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The Poetical Works

Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, . Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The...ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, *• * Their...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...dauntless breast, "The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest: Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood* The...ingenuous shame ; Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes...
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And...ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife Their sober wishes...
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The American Reader: Containing Extracts Suited to Excite a Love of Science ...

George Merriam - 1828 - 286 pages
...o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined...ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of luxury and pride With incense kindled at the muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober...
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