A Collection of One Hundred Pieces of English Literature: Fifty in Prose and Fifty in Verse : Accompanied with a Variety of Notes for the Use of the Inhabitants of the Netherlands, Volume 1Nayler en Company, 1830 |
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... happy ; no unbounded hope had raised Ambition . Yet why not ? some other power , As great , might have aspired , and me , though mean , Drawn to his part but other powers as great Fell not , but stand unshaken , from within - Or from ...
... happy ; no unbounded hope had raised Ambition . Yet why not ? some other power , As great , might have aspired , and me , though mean , Drawn to his part but other powers as great Fell not , but stand unshaken , from within - Or from ...
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... happy , his imagery just ; and in no part of his poetry does there appear a defect . , except in the finishing . Each piece may be considered as a kind of rapid impromptu that never afterwards had one moment of polishing bestow- ed on ...
... happy , his imagery just ; and in no part of his poetry does there appear a defect . , except in the finishing . Each piece may be considered as a kind of rapid impromptu that never afterwards had one moment of polishing bestow- ed on ...
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... happy ending , " as it is commonly called ; and I am desirous of adding my disapprobation to theirs : for I have seen King Lear with Tate's alteration , in different theatres , and was invari- ably disgusted with it ; I have seen it ...
... happy ending , " as it is commonly called ; and I am desirous of adding my disapprobation to theirs : for I have seen King Lear with Tate's alteration , in different theatres , and was invari- ably disgusted with it ; I have seen it ...
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... happy ending ! as if the living martyr- dom that Lear had gone through the flaying of his feel- ings alive , did not make a fair dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him . If he is to live and be happy after , if ...
... happy ending ! as if the living martyr- dom that Lear had gone through the flaying of his feel- ings alive , did not make a fair dismissal from the stage of life the only decorous thing for him . If he is to live and be happy after , if ...
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... happy Mendicant's direct reply- " What wouldst thou say , " said he , " should God think fit To cast thee down to the Infernal Pit ? " He cast me down ! He send me into Hell ! No ! - - - He loves Me , and I love Him too well But , put ...
... happy Mendicant's direct reply- " What wouldst thou say , " said he , " should God think fit To cast thee down to the Infernal Pit ? " He cast me down ! He send me into Hell ! No ! - - - He loves Me , and I love Him too well But , put ...
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