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Page 153
... true , he proposes that all wit should be re - coined before it is current , and appoints masters of assay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarse and worthless dross Is purg'd away , there will ...
... true , he proposes that all wit should be re - coined before it is current , and appoints masters of assay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarse and worthless dross Is purg'd away , there will ...
Page 406
... true . Filled with the sense of age , the fire of youth , A scorn of wrangling , yet a zeal for truth ; A generous faith , from superstition free ; A love to peace , and hate of tyranny : Such this man was , who , now from earth removed ...
... true . Filled with the sense of age , the fire of youth , A scorn of wrangling , yet a zeal for truth ; A generous faith , from superstition free ; A love to peace , and hate of tyranny : Such this man was , who , now from earth removed ...
Page 468
... true . The third stanza sounds big with " Delphi , " and " Egean , " and " Ilissus , " and " Meander , " and " hallowed fountains , " and " solemn sound " ; but in all Gray's odes there is a kind of cumbrous splendour which we wish away ...
... true . The third stanza sounds big with " Delphi , " and " Egean , " and " Ilissus , " and " Meander , " and " hallowed fountains , " and " solemn sound " ; but in all Gray's odes there is a kind of cumbrous splendour which we wish away ...
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