Cyclopaedia of English Literature: Sixth period from 1727-1780. Poets ; Scottish poets ; tragic dramatists ; Comic dramatists ; Periodical essayists ; Novelists ; Historians ; Metaphysical writers ; Writers in divinity ; Miscellaneous writersRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847 - Authors, English |
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... Passion , ' and the tragedy of Revenge . The foundation of his great poem was family misfortune , coloured and exaggerated for poetical effect- Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shafts flew thrice , and thrice my peace was ...
... Passion , ' and the tragedy of Revenge . The foundation of his great poem was family misfortune , coloured and exaggerated for poetical effect- Insatiate archer ! could not one suffice ? Thy shafts flew thrice , and thrice my peace was ...
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... passion's storm ; All the black cares and tumults of this life , Like harmless thunders , breaking at his feet , Excite his pity , not impair his peace . Earth's genuine sons , the sceptred and the slave , A mingled mob ! a wandering ...
... passion's storm ; All the black cares and tumults of this life , Like harmless thunders , breaking at his feet , Excite his pity , not impair his peace . Earth's genuine sons , the sceptred and the slave , A mingled mob ! a wandering ...
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... passions into peace ; And woo lone Quiet in her silent walks . Thus solitary , and in pensive guise , Oft let me ... passion and low - minded pride : Almost on Nature's common bounty fed ; Like the gay birds that sung them to repose ...
... passions into peace ; And woo lone Quiet in her silent walks . Thus solitary , and in pensive guise , Oft let me ... passion and low - minded pride : Almost on Nature's common bounty fed ; Like the gay birds that sung them to repose ...
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... passion , madness , guilt , remorse ; Whence tumbled headlong from the height of life , They furnish matter for the ... passions , droop In deep retired distress . How many stand Around the deathbed of their dearest friends , And point ...
... passion , madness , guilt , remorse ; Whence tumbled headlong from the height of life , They furnish matter for the ... passions , droop In deep retired distress . How many stand Around the deathbed of their dearest friends , And point ...
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... passions that this world deform , And torture man , a proud malignant worm ? But here , instead , soft gales of passion play , And gently stir the heart , thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across the enlivened ...
... passions that this world deform , And torture man , a proud malignant worm ? But here , instead , soft gales of passion play , And gently stir the heart , thereby to form A quicker sense of joy ; as breezes stray Across the enlivened ...
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