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I feel the more privileged to speak favourably of the following Selection , from the
limited part which I have borne in it ; a considerable portion of the materials
having been collected before the work came into my hands . The volume was ...
I feel the more privileged to speak favourably of the following Selection , from the
limited part which I have borne in it ; a considerable portion of the materials
having been collected before the work came into my hands . The volume was ...
Page 260
Many , I believe , there are Who live a life of virtuous decency , Men , who can
hear the Decalogue and feel No self - reproach ; who of the moral law
Established in the land where they abide Are strict observers ; and not negligent ,
In acts of ...
Many , I believe , there are Who live a life of virtuous decency , Men , who can
hear the Decalogue and feel No self - reproach ; who of the moral law
Established in the land where they abide Are strict observers ; and not negligent ,
In acts of ...
Page 341
But beauty with that fearful bloom , That line which haunts it to the tomb ,
Expression's last receding ray , A gilded halo hovering round decay , The
farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame , perchance of heavenly
birth , Which ...
But beauty with that fearful bloom , That line which haunts it to the tomb ,
Expression's last receding ray , A gilded halo hovering round decay , The
farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame , perchance of heavenly
birth , Which ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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