Poems and PlaysDent, 1910 - 317 pages |
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Page ix
... manner " which was fatal to " agreeable trifling , " -an objection intimately connected with the feeling which afterwards made him the champion on the stage of character and humour . Among the poets who * 415 Introduction ix.
... manner " which was fatal to " agreeable trifling , " -an objection intimately connected with the feeling which afterwards made him the champion on the stage of character and humour . Among the poets who * 415 Introduction ix.
Page xvi
... manners , which , with all their errors of morality and taste , had been the chief aim of Congreve and his con- temporaries . To the fact that what was now known as " genteel comedy " had almost wholly supplanted this elder and better ...
... manners , which , with all their errors of morality and taste , had been the chief aim of Congreve and his con- temporaries . To the fact that what was now known as " genteel comedy " had almost wholly supplanted this elder and better ...
Page 8
... manners reign , Though poor , luxurious , though submissive , vain , Though grave , yet trifling , zealous , yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves ...
... manners reign , Though poor , luxurious , though submissive , vain , Though grave , yet trifling , zealous , yet untrue ; And e'en in penance planning sins anew . All evils here contaminate the mind , That opulence departed leaves ...
Page 11
... manners run ; And love's and friendship's finely - pointed dart - Fall blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May sit , like falcons cow'ring on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such ...
... manners run ; And love's and friendship's finely - pointed dart - Fall blunted from each indurated heart . Some sterner virtues o'er the mountain's breast May sit , like falcons cow'ring on the nest ; But all the gentler morals , such ...
Page 25
... manners are no more . Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here as I take my solitary rounds , Amidst thy tangling walks , and ruin'd grounds , And , many a year elaps'd , return ...
... manners are no more . Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour , Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here as I take my solitary rounds , Amidst thy tangling walks , and ruin'd grounds , And , many a year elaps'd , return ...
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