Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and Observations on His WritingsHolt and Hage, 1801 - 231 páginas |
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... to some friend who resided with him . But as night approached , his gloom * An Authentic Narrative , & c . Edit . 1799 , pp . 4-85 , 7 . Johnson . of mind regularly increased ; and when he went to LIFE OF COWPER , & C . xvii.
... to some friend who resided with him . But as night approached , his gloom * An Authentic Narrative , & c . Edit . 1799 , pp . 4-85 , 7 . Johnson . of mind regularly increased ; and when he went to LIFE OF COWPER , & C . xvii.
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... night . Are men , indeed , such things and are the best More subject to this evil than the rest , -- To drivel out whole years of idiot breath , And sit the monuments of living death ? O ! galling circumstance to human pride ! Abasing ...
... night . Are men , indeed , such things and are the best More subject to this evil than the rest , -- To drivel out whole years of idiot breath , And sit the monuments of living death ? O ! galling circumstance to human pride ! Abasing ...
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... — For what ? An please you , sir , to see a friend . A friend ! Horatio cried , and scem'd to start- Yea marry shalt thou , and with all my heart.- And fetch my cloak ; for , though the night 76 BEAUTIES OF COWPER . Fashionable Friendship.
... — For what ? An please you , sir , to see a friend . A friend ! Horatio cried , and scem'd to start- Yea marry shalt thou , and with all my heart.- And fetch my cloak ; for , though the night 76 BEAUTIES OF COWPER . Fashionable Friendship.
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... night be raw , I'll see him too - the first I ever saw . I knew the man , and knew his nature mild , And was his plaything often when a child ; But somewhat at that moment pinch'd him close , Else he was seldom bitter or morose ...
... night be raw , I'll see him too - the first I ever saw . I knew the man , and knew his nature mild , And was his plaything often when a child ; But somewhat at that moment pinch'd him close , Else he was seldom bitter or morose ...
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... night , down - stooping from her ebon throne , Views constellations brighter than her own . " Tis innocent , and harmless , and refin'd ; The balm of care , elysium of the mind . Innocent ! Oh , if venerable time Slain at the foot of ...
... night , down - stooping from her ebon throne , Views constellations brighter than her own . " Tis innocent , and harmless , and refin'd ; The balm of care , elysium of the mind . Innocent ! Oh , if venerable time Slain at the foot of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty beneath Berkhamstead bids bird Blest bliss boast bow'rs breath bright cause charms Cowper dear delight distant divine dread dream earth ease Edmonton England ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fast fear feel fill'd fire flow'r form'd fountain of eternal frown glory grace Greenland groves hand happy hast Hast thou heard heart heav'n honours hope hopes and fears John Gilpin Katterfelto kindled land learn'd LENOX LIBRARY Lord lost lov'd lyre mercy midnight hour mind muse musick nature ne'er Nebaioth never nose o'er Olney Omia once pass'd peace perhaps PETRONIUS pity pleas'd pleasure poem poet pow'r prais'd praise pray'rs rural scene seem'd shine sighs sight skies sleep smile soon sorrow soul sound sweet taste thee their's theme thine thou art thought toil truth Twas virtue wind woes youth
Pasajes populares
Página 53 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 228 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case." Said John, "It is my wedding-day, And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware.
Página 55 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 165 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such? — It was. — Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern.
Página 12 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Página 165 - But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream, that thou art she. My Mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead, Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah that maternal smile...
Página 168 - Where spices breathe and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated...
Página 228 - And all the world would stare, If wife should dine at Edmonton, And I should dine at Ware. So turning to his horse, he said, I am in haste to dine ; 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, You shall go back for mine.
Página 15 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too. Affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Página 75 - And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.