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Page 98
... Remains , ' - a work which , in many respects , deserves to stand by the side of Bacon's Essays . It is the private thoughts , if I may use the term , of a very great man ; one who had exam- ined the world with a sharp eye , and whose ...
... Remains , ' - a work which , in many respects , deserves to stand by the side of Bacon's Essays . It is the private thoughts , if I may use the term , of a very great man ; one who had exam- ined the world with a sharp eye , and whose ...
Page 154
... cruelty Is sunk to hell : the fair shall all be kind ; Who loves shall be beloved , the froward mind To a deformed shape shall be confined . Astræa hath possest An earthly seat , and now remains 154 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... cruelty Is sunk to hell : the fair shall all be kind ; Who loves shall be beloved , the froward mind To a deformed shape shall be confined . Astræa hath possest An earthly seat , and now remains 154 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
Page 155
... remains In Finch's heart , but Wentworth's breast That guest contains : With her she dwells , yet hath not left the skies , Nor lost her sphere , for , new - enthroned , she cries , I know no heaven but fair Westworth's eyes . " CHAP ...
... remains In Finch's heart , but Wentworth's breast That guest contains : With her she dwells , yet hath not left the skies , Nor lost her sphere , for , new - enthroned , she cries , I know no heaven but fair Westworth's eyes . " CHAP ...
Page 177
... remains of their sacerdotal and other pub- lic edifices , we shall be obliged to admit with you , that their grandeur very greatly exceeded that of the moderns ; and yet I think it is Aristotle who de- scribes that same Athens , where ...
... remains of their sacerdotal and other pub- lic edifices , we shall be obliged to admit with you , that their grandeur very greatly exceeded that of the moderns ; and yet I think it is Aristotle who de- scribes that same Athens , where ...
Page 182
... been spared to embellish them - though the genius of painting has made them her modern temples , and sculpture adorned them with the choicest remains of ancient art , yet they are , generally speaking 182 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
... been spared to embellish them - though the genius of painting has made them her modern temples , and sculpture adorned them with the choicest remains of ancient art , yet they are , generally speaking 182 THE BACHELOR'S WIFE .
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