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... least in congratulatione Oxoniensi . 1 Richard West ( 1717-1742 ) , was the only son of a Lord Chancellor of Ireland , of the same name , who died in 1726 . His poems were collected by Gray , but not printed until after that writer's ...
... least in congratulatione Oxoniensi . 1 Richard West ( 1717-1742 ) , was the only son of a Lord Chancellor of Ireland , of the same name , who died in 1726 . His poems were collected by Gray , but not printed until after that writer's ...
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... , pray take more care of your health , if not for your own at least for our sakes , 1 Gray was of the same opinion in 1742 , when he wrote his splenetic Hymn to Ignorance .- [ Ed . ] and do not be so soon weary of this little LETTERS .
... , pray take more care of your health , if not for your own at least for our sakes , 1 Gray was of the same opinion in 1742 , when he wrote his splenetic Hymn to Ignorance .- [ Ed . ] and do not be so soon weary of this little LETTERS .
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... least as good as so , for I spy no human thing in it but myself . It is a little chaos of mountains and precipices ; mountains , it is true , that do not ascend much above the clouds , nor are the declivities quite so amazing as Dover ...
... least as good as so , for I spy no human thing in it but myself . It is a little chaos of mountains and precipices ; mountains , it is true , that do not ascend much above the clouds , nor are the declivities quite so amazing as Dover ...
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... least I persuade myself so when I look at him , and think of Isabella and Oroonoko . I shall be in town in about three weeks . September 1737 . Adieu . IX . TO HORACE WALPOLE.2 I SYMPATHISE with you in the sufferings which you foresee ...
... least I persuade myself so when I look at him , and think of Isabella and Oroonoko . I shall be in town in about three weeks . September 1737 . Adieu . IX . TO HORACE WALPOLE.2 I SYMPATHISE with you in the sufferings which you foresee ...
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... least remorse , all the beauties of Sturbridge Fair . Its white bears may roar , its apes may wring their hands , and crocodiles cry their eyes out , all's one for that ; I shall not once visit them , nor so much as take my leave . The ...
... least remorse , all the beauties of Sturbridge Fair . Its white bears may roar , its apes may wring their hands , and crocodiles cry their eyes out , all's one for that ; I shall not once visit them , nor so much as take my leave . The ...
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Page 3 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 107 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 269 - A voice as of the cherub-choir Gales from blooming Eden bear, And distant warblings lessen on my ear That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud...
Page 267 - Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare; Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast: Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havock urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Page 344 - The office itself has always humbled the professor hitherto (even in an age when kings were somebody), if he were a poor writer by making him more conspicuous, and if he were a good one by setting him at war with the little fry of his own profession, for there are poets little enough to envy even a poet-laureat.
Page 268 - What strings symphonious tremble in the air. What strains of vocal transport round her play ? Hear from the grave, great Taliessin, hear : They breathe a soul to animate thy clay.
Page 266 - Mighty Victor, mighty Lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies ! No pitying heart, no eye afford A tear to grace his obsequies ! Is the sable warrior fled ? — Thy son is gone ; he rests among the dead.
Page 267 - Edward, lo ! to sudden fate (Weave we the woof, the thread is spun !) Half of thy heart we consecrate ; (The web is wove, the work is done...
Page 105 - The incidents are ill laid and without invention ; but the characters have a great deal of nature, which always pleases even in her lowest shapes. Parson Adams is perfectly well ; so is Mrs. Slipslop, and the story of Wilson ; and throughout he shews himself well read in Stage-Coaches, Country Squires, Inns, and Inns of Court.
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