Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1852 - Authors |
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Page 17
... delight ; With the dawning you rise , Yet sit up half the night . “ When you take up your work , You look vacant , and stare ; And gaze on your sampler , Yet miss the stitch there . “ You're in love , people say , And your actions all ...
... delight ; With the dawning you rise , Yet sit up half the night . “ When you take up your work , You look vacant , and stare ; And gaze on your sampler , Yet miss the stitch there . “ You're in love , people say , And your actions all ...
Page 31
... delight That minds ye o ' langsyne . I add an example of a still bolder effort - an attempt to make tender sentiment be felt under the disguise of the rude dialect of Cumberland . Perhaps it may be the effect of Auld Lang Syne on myself ...
... delight That minds ye o ' langsyne . I add an example of a still bolder effort - an attempt to make tender sentiment be felt under the disguise of the rude dialect of Cumberland . Perhaps it may be the effect of Auld Lang Syne on myself ...
Page 42
... delighted with his geniality and taste ; and he could hardly fail to like the people who so heartily liked him . Amongst our cities and our scenery he admired that most which was most worthy of admi- ration ; preferring , in common with ...
... delighted with his geniality and taste ; and he could hardly fail to like the people who so heartily liked him . Amongst our cities and our scenery he admired that most which was most worthy of admi- ration ; preferring , in common with ...
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... delight and pride which such a career could hardly fail to claim ; but he found also that which he had seen no cause to expect - the brother whom he had left behind content with healthful labour sickening and drooping under the 46 ...
... delight and pride which such a career could hardly fail to claim ; but he found also that which he had seen no cause to expect - the brother whom he had left behind content with healthful labour sickening and drooping under the 46 ...
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... DELIGHT . " Break , Phantasie , from thy cave of cloud , And spread thy purple wings ; Now all thy figures are allowed , And various shapes of things . Create of airy forms a stream , It must have blood , and nought of phlegm ; And ...
... DELIGHT . " Break , Phantasie , from thy cave of cloud , And spread thy purple wings ; Now all thy figures are allowed , And various shapes of things . Create of airy forms a stream , It must have blood , and nought of phlegm ; And ...
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