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" Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : The locks once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, displayed the encroaching white ; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure... "
The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: In Eight Volumes - Page 43
by George Crabbe - 1823
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 4

George Crabbe - 1823 - 366 pages
...meant should rise, " Some point of strife they could not compromise, " Displeased the squire — he from the field withdrew, " Not quite conceal'd, not...Locks of pure brown, display'd th' encroaching white -r " The blood once fervid now to cool began, " And Time's strong pressure to subdue the man : " I...
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Rejected Addresses: Or, The New Theatrum Poetarum

James Smith - 1833 - 218 pages
...the inroads of time upon beauty, the writer quoted the following lines : — *' Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks My locks, once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, now felt th' encroaching white; Gradual...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. George Crabbe: With His Letters and ..., Volume 1

George Crabbe - 1834 - 352 pages
...the inroads of time upon beauty, the writer quoted the following lines : — ' Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks, once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, now felt th' encroaching white; Gradual...
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The Life of the Rev. George Crabbe, LL.B.

George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 pages
...the inroads of time upon beauty, the writer quoted the following lines : — ' Six years had passed, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks ; In June 1825, he thus writes from Mr. Hoare's villa at Hampstead : — " Hampstead, June, 1825. "...
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Poetical Works, Volume 1

George Crabbe - 1838 - 356 pages
...the inroads of time upon beauty, the writer quoted the following lines: — ' Six years had pass*d, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks, once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, now felt th' encroaching white ;...
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The poetical works of ... George Crabbe, with his letters and journals, and ...

George Crabbe - 1840 - 346 pages
...the inroads of time upon beauty, the writer quoted the following lines : — ' Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks, once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, now felt th' encroaching white ;...
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Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talk

Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 pages
...Crabbe, one of the witty authors of the Rejected Addresses quoted the lines, — " Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks, once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, now felt th' encroaching white ;...
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Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talk

Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 290 pages
...Crabhe, one of the witty authors of the Rejected Addresses quoted the lines,— " Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks, once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, now felt th' encroaching white ;...
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Cecil, a Peer: A Sequel to Cecil, Or The Adventures of a Coxcomb, Volume 2

Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) - 1842 - 214 pages
...Dicite lo Paean," therefore — " el lo bis dieif e Paean !" CECIL. CHAPTER XIX. Six years had pass'd and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his...once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, display'dth' encroaching white. The blood once fervid now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure...
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Book of the Poets: The Modern Poets of the Nineteenth Century

1862 - 512 pages
...' Does reason sanction what our hearts desire?'" From Tairs. APPROACH OF AHE. Six years had pass'd, and forty ere the six, When Time began to play his...once comely in a virgin's sight, Locks of pure brown, display 'd th' encroaching white; The blood, once fervid, now to cool began, And Time's strong pressure...
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