Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 2Robert Chambers Gould and Lincoln, 1854 |
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... verse . Goldsmith blended mora- lity and philosophy with a beautiful simplicity of expression and numbers , pathetic imagery , and natural description . Beattie portrayed the roman- tic hopes and aspirations of youthful genius in a ...
... verse . Goldsmith blended mora- lity and philosophy with a beautiful simplicity of expression and numbers , pathetic imagery , and natural description . Beattie portrayed the roman- tic hopes and aspirations of youthful genius in a ...
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... verse . The author was an accomplished and exemplary Scottish clergyman , who enjoyed some private fortune , independent of his profession , and was thus enabled to live in a superior style , and cultivate the acquaintance of the ...
... verse . The author was an accomplished and exemplary Scottish clergyman , who enjoyed some private fortune , independent of his profession , and was thus enabled to live in a superior style , and cultivate the acquaintance of the ...
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... verse : - How fading are the joys we dote upon ; Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those who soonest take their flight , Are the most exquisite and strong , Like angels ' visits short and bright ; Mortality's too weak to bear them ...
... verse : - How fading are the joys we dote upon ; Like apparitions seen and gone ; But those who soonest take their flight , Are the most exquisite and strong , Like angels ' visits short and bright ; Mortality's too weak to bear them ...
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... verse ; And , like a sable curtain starred with gold , Drawn o'er my labours past , shall clothe the scene . This magnificent apostrophe has scarcely been equalled in our poetry since the epic strains of Milton . On Life , Death , and ...
... verse ; And , like a sable curtain starred with gold , Drawn o'er my labours past , shall clothe the scene . This magnificent apostrophe has scarcely been equalled in our poetry since the epic strains of Milton . On Life , Death , and ...
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... verse ! In autumn , describing Lavinia , the lines of Thomson were- Thoughtless of beauty , she was Beauty's self , Recluse among the woods ; if city dames Will deign their faith : and thus she went , compelled By strong necessity ...
... verse ! In autumn , describing Lavinia , the lines of Thomson were- Thoughtless of beauty , she was Beauty's self , Recluse among the woods ; if city dames Will deign their faith : and thus she went , compelled By strong necessity ...
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