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... gave notice to the publisher by a particular meffenger , that he had trefpaffed upon his property , by inferting fifty lines in his volume which belonged to him , and threatened to feek legal redress in cafe fatisfaction was not made ...
... gave notice to the publisher by a particular meffenger , that he had trefpaffed upon his property , by inferting fifty lines in his volume which belonged to him , and threatened to feek legal redress in cafe fatisfaction was not made ...
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... gave a tone to these delightful poems ; and the reader of fenfibility , who peruses them under this impreffion , will find an ad- ditional charm in them , * See his Memoirs by Mr. Mafon . B 4 The 5 The genius of Mr. Gray , which was ...
... gave a tone to these delightful poems ; and the reader of fenfibility , who peruses them under this impreffion , will find an ad- ditional charm in them , * See his Memoirs by Mr. Mafon . B 4 The 5 The genius of Mr. Gray , which was ...
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... gave them a title to be impertinent , dif- turbing him frequently and intentionally with their infults and riots , he found it neceffary to remove from Peter - houfe , and went to Pembroke - hall . In the year 1768 , by the unsolicited ...
... gave them a title to be impertinent , dif- turbing him frequently and intentionally with their infults and riots , he found it neceffary to remove from Peter - houfe , and went to Pembroke - hall . In the year 1768 , by the unsolicited ...
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... gave a fanciful and pleasant account of it in the following copy of verses , which he entitled A LONG STORY . ALTHOUGH this performance certainly poffeffes great humour , yet it is not immediately perceived ; and has not been ...
... gave a fanciful and pleasant account of it in the following copy of verses , which he entitled A LONG STORY . ALTHOUGH this performance certainly poffeffes great humour , yet it is not immediately perceived ; and has not been ...
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... gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged nurfe ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year the bore : What forrow was , thou bad'ft her know , And from her own fhe learn'd to melt at others woe . Scar'd ...
... gave the heavenly birth , And bade to form her infant mind . Stern rugged nurfe ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year the bore : What forrow was , thou bad'ft her know , And from her own fhe learn'd to melt at others woe . Scar'd ...
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Page 46 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Page 93 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Page 147 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Page 149 - And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 61 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Page 155 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 104 - Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep : they do not sleep ! On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit; they linger yet Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Page 156 - 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...
Page 148 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 138 - OWEN's praise demands my song, OWEN swift, and OWEN strong; Fairest flower of Roderic's stem, * Gwyneth's shield, and Britain's gem. He nor heaps his brooded stores, Nor on all profusely pours; Lord of every regal art, Liberal hand, and open heart. Big with hosts of mighty name, Squadrons three against him came; This the force of Eirin hiding, Side by side as proudly riding, On her shadow long and gay * Lochlin plows...