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... sorrow , and of slaughter . Milton was the most learned of poets . Learning oppresses the nerveless mind , but invigorates the powerful one . The celestial armour of the Greek hero , * Born in London , 1608 , died 1674 . which let in ...
... sorrow , and of slaughter . Milton was the most learned of poets . Learning oppresses the nerveless mind , but invigorates the powerful one . The celestial armour of the Greek hero , * Born in London , 1608 , died 1674 . which let in ...
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... sorrow that such genius should have been sent to darkness , in the hour when it might have begun to fulfil its course , and , freed from the mists and ob- liquities of its rising , run its high career among the enlighteners of mankind ...
... sorrow that such genius should have been sent to darkness , in the hour when it might have begun to fulfil its course , and , freed from the mists and ob- liquities of its rising , run its high career among the enlighteners of mankind ...
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... sorrow , strife , Pain , hunger , cold , that makes the heart to quake ; And ever fickle fortune rageth rife ; All which , and thousands more , do make a loathsome life . " Thou , wretched man , of death hath greatest need , If in true ...
... sorrow , strife , Pain , hunger , cold , that makes the heart to quake ; And ever fickle fortune rageth rife ; All which , and thousands more , do make a loathsome life . " Thou , wretched man , of death hath greatest need , If in true ...
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... on a clift , A song of bale and bitter sorrow sings , That heart of flint asunder could have rift ; Which having ended , after him she flieth swift . DESCRIPTION OF PRINCE ARTHUR . At last she chanced by 18 Spencer . The Cave of Mammon.
... on a clift , A song of bale and bitter sorrow sings , That heart of flint asunder could have rift ; Which having ended , after him she flieth swift . DESCRIPTION OF PRINCE ARTHUR . At last she chanced by 18 Spencer . The Cave of Mammon.
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... sorrow he shook off , His face still combating with tears and smiles , The badges of his grief and patience , — That had not God , for some strong purpose , steeled The hearts of men , they must perforce have melted , And barbarism ...
... sorrow he shook off , His face still combating with tears and smiles , The badges of his grief and patience , — That had not God , for some strong purpose , steeled The hearts of men , they must perforce have melted , And barbarism ...
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