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... heaven -and what reward can you ask besides ? " But is it not some reproach upon the economy of Prov- idence that such a one , who is a mean , dirty fellow , should have amassed wealth enough to buy a nation ? " Not in the least . He ...
... heaven -and what reward can you ask besides ? " But is it not some reproach upon the economy of Prov- idence that such a one , who is a mean , dirty fellow , should have amassed wealth enough to buy a nation ? " Not in the least . He ...
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... , And sobbing waters sigh'd , and oft began ( So work'd the wizard ) wintry storms to swell , * The Eolian harp , just then invented . As heaven and earth they would together mell ; At 20 ENCHANTMENTS OF THE WIZARD INDOLENCE ,
... , And sobbing waters sigh'd , and oft began ( So work'd the wizard ) wintry storms to swell , * The Eolian harp , just then invented . As heaven and earth they would together mell ; At 20 ENCHANTMENTS OF THE WIZARD INDOLENCE ,
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... heaven and earth they would together mell ; At doors and windows threatening seem'd to call The demons of the tempest growling fell ; Yet the least entrance found they none at all , Where sweeter grew our sleep , secure in mossy hall ...
... heaven and earth they would together mell ; At doors and windows threatening seem'd to call The demons of the tempest growling fell ; Yet the least entrance found they none at all , Where sweeter grew our sleep , secure in mossy hall ...
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... Heaven , the day is done ! " Here lurk'd a wretch who had not crept abroad For forty years , ne face of mortal seen ; In chamber brooding like a loathly toad , And sure his linen was not very clean ; Through secret loop - holes that had ...
... Heaven , the day is done ! " Here lurk'd a wretch who had not crept abroad For forty years , ne face of mortal seen ; In chamber brooding like a loathly toad , And sure his linen was not very clean ; Through secret loop - holes that had ...
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... heaven , they languish'd there Unpitied , uttering many a bitter groan : For of these wretches taken was no care ; Fierce fiends and hags of hell their only nurses were . * Alas ! the change ! from scenes of joy and rest , To this dark ...
... heaven , they languish'd there Unpitied , uttering many a bitter groan : For of these wretches taken was no care ; Fierce fiends and hags of hell their only nurses were . * Alas ! the change ! from scenes of joy and rest , To this dark ...
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Page 138 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness...
Page 226 - THE EPITAPH. Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth, A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send; He gave to Misery all he had, a tear — He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd), a friend.
Page 29 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Page 138 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 225 - For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon...
Page 177 - Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt. There in close covert by some brook, Where no profaner eye may look, Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep...
Page 136 - Ye distant spires ! ye antique towers ! That crown the watery glade -Where grateful Science still adores Her Henry's holy shade...
Page 68 - A person of indefatigable industry, strong reason, and great experience. His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting, which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common.
Page 151 - ... he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a law-suit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me, I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of...
Page 153 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and, if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them.