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" There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies... "
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ... - Page 89
by Thomas Gray - 1799 - 186 pages
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 2

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...high, His listless length at noon-tid< wou'd lie stretch. And pore upon the brook that babble* by. One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near hii fav'ritc tree ; Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, Nor np the lawn, nor at the wood was hc.—EUgy....
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on th' accustom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came ; nor yet beside the...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1834 - 360 pages
...iSknlp'tshire— not, skulp'tshur. «Str6ze. •iire. «Ni'. tshure. 'Dust. 'Teaches, grammatically. Hard by yon wood', now smiling', as in scorn', Mutt'ring...his wayward fancies he would rove': Now drooping', woful', wan', like one forlorn', Or crazed with care', or crossed in hopeless love'. One morn I mined...
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Works, Volume 2

Thomas Gray - 1835 - 342 pages
...following stanza, would be likely to be apparent to the rustic, or could be so clearly explained by him : " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring...his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love." All the other stanzas...
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The Works of Thomas Gray ...: Essay on Gray's poetry [by J. Mitford] Letters

Thomas Gray - 1835 - 334 pages
...wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love." All the other stanzas of the speech are simple and exquisitely beautiful. it is a great beauty in Milton's...
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The Comic annual. By T. Hood

1839 - 300 pages
...the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the Reverend Vicar all in lawn ! One morn I miss'd him on the 'custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree ; Another came, nor yet beside the rill, Nor at the Magpie and the Stump was he ! The...
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The Court of Session Garland, Parts 1-2

James Maidment - Law - 1839 - 406 pages
...Molested by the agents filthy stench, He'd pore on books with many a piteous sigh.* In yonder hall, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. One morn I miss'd...
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Elegy written in a country church-yard, with versions in the Gr., Lat., Germ ...

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " ЛХХ« TIIV OÎIK "¿to avTis, (ф' ¿Лов OiWri KfK\LfífVDV TTOTÍ ô<vô/)«oi/, ou тгара...
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Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. XXVII. xxviii. " AXХà THV OIÎK 1bov avTK, еф' à\ia àvтé\\ovTos OvKfTi KfK\ififVov iroтl Sfvdpfov,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn...on the custom'd hill Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he: " The...
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