The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 4J. Murray, 1834 |
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... natural dream for a head filled , like mine , with Gothic story ) , and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase , I saw a gigantic hand , in armour . In the evening , I sat down and began to write , without knowing in the ...
... natural dream for a head filled , like mine , with Gothic story ) , and that on the uppermost banister of a great staircase , I saw a gigantic hand , in armour . In the evening , I sat down and began to write , without knowing in the ...
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... nature , he had gone of late " To those who preach'd of destiny and fate , " Of things fore - doom'd , and of election - grace , " And how in vain we strive to run our race ; " That all by works and moral worth we gain " Is to perceive ...
... nature , he had gone of late " To those who preach'd of destiny and fate , " Of things fore - doom'd , and of election - grace , " And how in vain we strive to run our race ; " That all by works and moral worth we gain " Is to perceive ...
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... nature changed ; he now reviled 66 - My former conduct , he reproach'd my child : " He talked of bastard slips , and cursed his bed , " And from our kindness to concealment fled ; " For ever to some evil change inclined , " To every ...
... nature changed ; he now reviled 66 - My former conduct , he reproach'd my child : " He talked of bastard slips , and cursed his bed , " And from our kindness to concealment fled ; " For ever to some evil change inclined , " To every ...
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... nature , assured him that " his sins were fully and freely forgiven , as if they had never been committed ; not for any act done by him , whether believing in Christ , or repenting of sin ; nor yet for the sorrows and miseries he ...
... nature , assured him that " his sins were fully and freely forgiven , as if they had never been committed ; not for any act done by him , whether believing in Christ , or repenting of sin ; nor yet for the sorrows and miseries he ...
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... nature ; and the harder that nature is , and the longer time required to work upon it , so much the more strong and indelible is the impression . This is all the reason I am able to give , why a man of feeling so dull should yet become ...
... nature ; and the harder that nature is , and the longer time required to work upon it , so much the more strong and indelible is the impression . This is all the reason I am able to give , why a man of feeling so dull should yet become ...
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Page 241 - Yes, I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men, not afraid of God, afraid of me ; Safe from the bar, the pulpit, and the throne, Yet touch'd and sham'd by ridicule alone.
Page 171 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 261 - I have heard of your paintings too, well enough ; God hath given you one face and you make yourselves another: you jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance.
Page 48 - I fix'd my eyes On the mid stream and saw the spirits rise: I saw my father on the water stand, And hold a thin pale boy in either hand; And there they glided ghastly on the top Of the salt flood, and never touch 'da drop: I would have struck them, but they knew th' intent, And smiled upon the oar, and down they went.
Page 143 - The great cause of the present deplorable state of English poetry is to be attributed to that absurd and systematic depreciation of Pope, in which, for the last few years, there has been a kind of epidemical concurrence.
Page 283 - Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 84 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the playplace of our early days ; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 283 - Ah me ! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or history, . The course of true love never did run smooth : J But, either it was different in blood ; — Lys.
Page 6 - In the evening I sat down, and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate. The work grew on my hands, and I grew fond of it— add, that I was very glad to think of anything, rather than politics.
Page 85 - That, viewing it, we seem almost to obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.