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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... Young , as. six years . Abney House was a handsome mansion , surrounded by beautiful pleasure - grounds . He had ... YOUNG . EDWARD YOUNG , author of the Night Thoughts , was born in 1681 at Upham , in Hampshire , where his father ...
... Young , as. six years . Abney House was a handsome mansion , surrounded by beautiful pleasure - grounds . He had ... YOUNG . EDWARD YOUNG , author of the Night Thoughts , was born in 1681 at Upham , in Hampshire , where his father ...
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... Young was defeated , Whar - Night Thoughts , ' with the gloomy views it pre- sents of life and religion , show the ... Young's own son . It seems to us a mere fancy sketch . Like the charac- ter of Childe Harold , in the hands of Byron ...
... Young was defeated , Whar - Night Thoughts , ' with the gloomy views it pre- sents of life and religion , show the ... Young's own son . It seems to us a mere fancy sketch . Like the charac- ter of Childe Harold , in the hands of Byron ...
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Robert Chambers. FROM 1727 does Young advert to the quiet retirement of his And fondly dream each wind and star our ... young , with sanguine cheer and streamers gay , And lights on lids unsullied with a tear . We cut our cable , launch ...
Robert Chambers. FROM 1727 does Young advert to the quiet retirement of his And fondly dream each wind and star our ... young , with sanguine cheer and streamers gay , And lights on lids unsullied with a tear . We cut our cable , launch ...
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... young , indeed , In full content we sometimes nobly rest , Unanxious for ourselves , and only wish , As duteous sons , our fathers were more wise . At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty , and reforms his plan ; ' At ...
... young , indeed , In full content we sometimes nobly rest , Unanxious for ourselves , and only wish , As duteous sons , our fathers were more wise . At thirty man suspects himself a fool ; Knows it at forty , and reforms his plan ; ' At ...
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... young , Warmed and expanded into perfect life , Their brittle bondage break , and come to light ; A helpless family ! demanding food With constant clamour : O what passions then , What melting sentiments of kindly care , On the new ...
... young , Warmed and expanded into perfect life , Their brittle bondage break , and come to light ; A helpless family ! demanding food With constant clamour : O what passions then , What melting sentiments of kindly care , On the new ...
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