English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's "Compendium of English Literature", and Supplementary to It. Designed for Colleges and Advanced Classes in Schools, as Well as for Private ReadingE.C. & J. Biddle, 1853 - 785 páginas |
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... sublime amongst men , to wit , the love of pleasure , riches , and idleness , would almost make one look down upon the world with contempt , and rejoice in , and wish for toils , poverty , and dangers to combat with . 1 His first ...
... sublime amongst men , to wit , the love of pleasure , riches , and idleness , would almost make one look down upon the world with contempt , and rejoice in , and wish for toils , poverty , and dangers to combat with . 1 His first ...
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... sublime as the Bard of Gray . ELIZABETH MONTAGU , 1720-1800 . ELIZABETH ROBINSON , daughter of Matthew Robinson , Esq . , was born at York , on the 2d of October , 1720. When she was about seven years old , her parents removed to ...
... sublime as the Bard of Gray . ELIZABETH MONTAGU , 1720-1800 . ELIZABETH ROBINSON , daughter of Matthew Robinson , Esq . , was born at York , on the 2d of October , 1720. When she was about seven years old , her parents removed to ...
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... sublime . Hence infi- nite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration fill the mind with great ideas . * * * In general , we may observe that great power and strength exerted always raise sublime ideas ; and perhaps the most copious ...
... sublime . Hence infi- nite space , endless numbers , and eternal duration fill the mind with great ideas . * * * In general , we may observe that great power and strength exerted always raise sublime ideas ; and perhaps the most copious ...
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... sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star , And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride , by Envy's frown , And Poverty's unconquerable bar , In life's low vale remote has pined alone , Then dropp'd into ...
... sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star , And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride , by Envy's frown , And Poverty's unconquerable bar , In life's low vale remote has pined alone , Then dropp'd into ...
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... sublime , Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast , And view th ' enormous waste of vapor , toss'd In billows , length'ning to th ' horizon round , Now scoop'd in gulfs , with mountains now emboss'd ! And hear the voice of mirth and ...
... sublime , Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast , And view th ' enormous waste of vapor , toss'd In billows , length'ning to th ' horizon round , Now scoop'd in gulfs , with mountains now emboss'd ! And hear the voice of mirth and ...
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