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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series ... - Page 523
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A manual of English literature

Thomas Arnold - 1862 - 452 pages
...and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ; And all to leave what with his toil he won To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son ? " Halifax, known as the "Trimmer," who defeated the Exclusion...
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The Literature of Society, Volume 2

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - Authors, English - 1862 - 346 pages
...and honour blest, Befuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punioh a body which he could not please. Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease, And all to leave what with his toil he won To that uufeathered two-legg'd thing, a son. ***** In friendship false, implacable in hate, Besolved to ruin,...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 738 pages
...of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please; Baukrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And ail to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeather'd...while his soul did huddled notions try. And born a sliapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship false, implacable in hate; Resolv'd lo ruin or to rule...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 3

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 446 pages
...and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please , Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And all to...implacable in hate; Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state. et ranime les factions vaincues. D'esprit, il n'y en a guère ici : on n'a pas le loisir d'être spirituel...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 3

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 442 pages
...and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease? And all to...won, To that unfeather'd two-legg'd thing, a son; Gut, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy. In friendship...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and ...

John Dryden - 1867 - 556 pages
...tenement of day.~\ So Milton, Ode Nativ.Bt.2:— " And chose with us a darksome house of mortal dfew:" gin and - ; Resolved to ruin or to rule the state. To compass this the triple bond he broke; m The pillars of...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Dryden

Walter Scott, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) Turner - Demonology - 1869 - 486 pages
...hours of rest ; Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease F And all to leave what with his toil he won To that...notions try ; And born a shapeless lump, like anarchy."} 1 See Dryden's Works, vol. ix., pp. 372 et seq.; also p. 41S not in the plan, but in the power of execution....
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A History of English Literature: In a Series of Biographical Sketches

William Francis Collier - American literature - 1869 - 572 pages
...honour blesl, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest •I Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing — a son. CHARACTER OF BUCKINGHAM. Some of their chiefs were princes...
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The book of poetry for schools and families [ed.] by W. Davis

William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please ; Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing — a son. Absalom and Achitophel. THE CHARACTER OF VILLIERS, DUKE OF...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest ? Punish a body which he could not please, Bankrupt of life, yet prodigal of ease ? And all to leave what with his toil he won, To that unfeathered two-legged thing, a son, Got, while his soul did huddled notions try, And born a shapeless...
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