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... whole , is additional , for the most part transcribed from manuscripts in public depositories and private collections , or gleaned from rare or ephemeral volumes . Of the numerous manuscripts now first published nearly all are either ...
... whole , is additional , for the most part transcribed from manuscripts in public depositories and private collections , or gleaned from rare or ephemeral volumes . Of the numerous manuscripts now first published nearly all are either ...
Page xvii
... whole labour of such a performance unworthy to be thrown away upon those in- trigues and adventures , to which the romantic taste has con- fined modern tragedy ; and , after the example of his prede- cessors in Greece , would have ...
... whole labour of such a performance unworthy to be thrown away upon those in- trigues and adventures , to which the romantic taste has con- fined modern tragedy ; and , after the example of his prede- cessors in Greece , would have ...
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... Whole heaps of dead encompassed you around , And steeds o'erturned lay foaming on the ground : 1 Does wound . ] An unlucky blemish in this otherwise pretty passage -Yet it is a mistake to think that these feeble expletives , do , does ...
... Whole heaps of dead encompassed you around , And steeds o'erturned lay foaming on the ground : 1 Does wound . ] An unlucky blemish in this otherwise pretty passage -Yet it is a mistake to think that these feeble expletives , do , does ...
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... whole stock fail , and none survive ; To raise new people , and recruit the hive , I'll here the great experiment declare , That spread the Arcadian shepherd's name so far . How bees from blood of slaughtered bulls have fled , And ...
... whole stock fail , and none survive ; To raise new people , and recruit the hive , I'll here the great experiment declare , That spread the Arcadian shepherd's name so far . How bees from blood of slaughtered bulls have fled , And ...
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... whole creation in a chorus join . CHORUS . Consecrate the place and day , To music and Cecilia . Let no rough winds approach , nor dare Invade the hallowed bounds , Nor rudely shake the tuneful air , Nor spoil the fleeting sounds . Nor ...
... whole creation in a chorus join . CHORUS . Consecrate the place and day , To music and Cecilia . Let no rough winds approach , nor dare Invade the hallowed bounds , Nor rudely shake the tuneful air , Nor spoil the fleeting sounds . Nor ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.