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Page 102
Even when confined within circumscribed limits , the exquisite neatness , grace ,
and finish of its verdant embankments and architectural decorations , yield a high
and pure pleasure , till in its later course we hail it , as it again bursts forth ...
Even when confined within circumscribed limits , the exquisite neatness , grace ,
and finish of its verdant embankments and architectural decorations , yield a high
and pure pleasure , till in its later course we hail it , as it again bursts forth ...
Page 104
... and received with admiration and delight , has been grievously demolished of
late by one of those lovers of accuracy in dates and matters of fact , who appear
to have a malicious pleasure in setting folks right on small points of chronology ...
... and received with admiration and delight , has been grievously demolished of
late by one of those lovers of accuracy in dates and matters of fact , who appear
to have a malicious pleasure in setting folks right on small points of chronology ...
Page 116
Use wyles for wit , and make desceit a pleasure , Call craft counsaile , for lucre
still to paint , I can not wrest the law to fill the coffer ; With innocent bloud to fede
my self fatte , And do most hurt , where that most helpe I offer . I am not he , that
can ...
Use wyles for wit , and make desceit a pleasure , Call craft counsaile , for lucre
still to paint , I can not wrest the law to fill the coffer ; With innocent bloud to fede
my self fatte , And do most hurt , where that most helpe I offer . I am not he , that
can ...
Page 123
Gascoigne , who afterwards contrived to follow the court on one of Elizabeth ' s
royal progresses , is the author of the well - known “ Princely Pleasures of
Kenelworth . ” He was no favourite among his contemporaries ; but succeeding
ages ...
Gascoigne , who afterwards contrived to follow the court on one of Elizabeth ' s
royal progresses , is the author of the well - known “ Princely Pleasures of
Kenelworth . ” He was no favourite among his contemporaries ; but succeeding
ages ...
Page 125
Thus lullaby my youth , mine eyes , My will , my ware , and all that was ; I can no
more delays devise ; But , welcome pain , let pleasure pass . With lullaby now
take your leave , With lullaby your dreams deceive , And , when you rise with ...
Thus lullaby my youth , mine eyes , My will , my ware , and all that was ; I can no
more delays devise ; But , welcome pain , let pleasure pass . With lullaby now
take your leave , With lullaby your dreams deceive , And , when you rise with ...
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| Title | Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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