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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... wretch , That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice . Hide thee , thou bloody hand ; Thou perjure , and thou similar of virtue , That art incestuous . Caitiff to pieces shake , That under covert and convenient seeming ...
... wretch , That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice . Hide thee , thou bloody hand ; Thou perjure , and thou similar of virtue , That art incestuous . Caitiff to pieces shake , That under covert and convenient seeming ...
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... to praise and prayer . Men pity me , as wretched , or despise ; But , whilst I hold this noble exercise , It cheers my heart to such a due degree , That every morning is still good to me . ' . ' Thou didst , moreover , wish me lucky days ...
... to praise and prayer . Men pity me , as wretched , or despise ; But , whilst I hold this noble exercise , It cheers my heart to such a due degree , That every morning is still good to me . ' . ' Thou didst , moreover , wish me lucky days ...
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... wretched we shall be ? A widow I , a helpless orphan he !; For sure such courage length of life denies , And thou must fall , thy virtue's sacrifice . Greece in her single heroes strove in yain Now hosts oppose Thee , and thou must be ...
... wretched we shall be ? A widow I , a helpless orphan he !; For sure such courage length of life denies , And thou must fall , thy virtue's sacrifice . Greece in her single heroes strove in yain Now hosts oppose Thee , and thou must be ...
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... wretched trace behind C Resembling me . ―― Hark ! a strange sound affrights my ear ; My pulse , my brain runs wild I ... Wretch of hope forlorn , The victim of consuming care ? Is thy distracted Conscience torn By fell despair ? I ...
... wretched trace behind C Resembling me . ―― Hark ! a strange sound affrights my ear ; My pulse , my brain runs wild I ... Wretch of hope forlorn , The victim of consuming care ? Is thy distracted Conscience torn By fell despair ? I ...
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... Wretch , even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me , though unfelt , a Kiss Perhaps a Tear , if souls can weep in bliss Ah , that Maternal smile ! it answers I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day , I saw the ...
... Wretch , even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me , though unfelt , a Kiss Perhaps a Tear , if souls can weep in bliss Ah , that Maternal smile ! it answers I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day , I saw the ...
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