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Page xiii
... feeling ; flashes of sunshine through the gloom ; vistas of the rosiest beauty , through a mental wilderness that seemed to have been bared and blackened in the very wrath of nature . Like all men of rank , he had temptations to contend ...
... feeling ; flashes of sunshine through the gloom ; vistas of the rosiest beauty , through a mental wilderness that seemed to have been bared and blackened in the very wrath of nature . Like all men of rank , he had temptations to contend ...
Page xv
... feel the more privileged to speak favourably of the following Selection , from the limited part which I have borne ... feeling , that the writings of the great poets of England cannot be put into the popular hand too often , in too ...
... feel the more privileged to speak favourably of the following Selection , from the limited part which I have borne ... feeling , that the writings of the great poets of England cannot be put into the popular hand too often , in too ...
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... feel we but the penalty of Adam , The seasons ' difference ; as the icy fang , And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body , Even till I shrink with cold , I smile , and say , This is no ...
... feel we but the penalty of Adam , The seasons ' difference ; as the icy fang , And churlish chiding of the winter's wind ; Which when it bites and blows upon my body , Even till I shrink with cold , I smile , and say , This is no ...
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... feel my heart new opened : O , how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes ' favours . There is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to , The sweet aspect of princes , and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have ...
... feel my heart new opened : O , how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes ' favours . There is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to , The sweet aspect of princes , and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have ...
Page 33
... feel amends , The breath of heaven fresh blowing , pure and sweet , With day - spring born ; here leave me to respire . This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon their sea - idol , and forbid Laborious works : unwillingly this ...
... feel amends , The breath of heaven fresh blowing , pure and sweet , With day - spring born ; here leave me to respire . This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon their sea - idol , and forbid Laborious works : unwillingly this ...
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