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... Scott with a fine weighty face , For as soon as his visage was seen in the place , The diners and barmaids all crowded to know him , And thank him with smiles for that sweet pretty poem ! However , he scarcely had got through the door ...
... Scott with a fine weighty face , For as soon as his visage was seen in the place , The diners and barmaids all crowded to know him , And thank him with smiles for that sweet pretty poem ! However , he scarcely had got through the door ...
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... Scott's with a heath from his old garden stores , And with vine - leaves and Jump - up - and - kiss - me , Tom Moore's . ( 24 ) Then Apollo put his on , that sparkled with beams , And rich rose the feast as an epicure's dreams- Not ...
... Scott's with a heath from his old garden stores , And with vine - leaves and Jump - up - and - kiss - me , Tom Moore's . ( 24 ) Then Apollo put his on , that sparkled with beams , And rich rose the feast as an epicure's dreams- Not ...
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... Scott , he said , " Pray be as portly And rich as you please , but a little less courtly . ” So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted " Encore ! " And the God was so pleas'd with his ...
... Scott , he said , " Pray be as portly And rich as you please , but a little less courtly . ” So , changing the subject , he call'd upon Moore , Who sung such a song , that they shouted " Encore ! " And the God was so pleas'd with his ...
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... Scott in his edition of Dryden , and which , unless he had made eighteen volumes of it , might be construed into an ignorance of his author ; at least , it does not exhibit to advantage his fa- miliarity with the poets either of that ...
... Scott in his edition of Dryden , and which , unless he had made eighteen volumes of it , might be construed into an ignorance of his author ; at least , it does not exhibit to advantage his fa- miliarity with the poets either of that ...
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... favour for lasting success ; And remember , if laurels are what you would find , The crown of all triumph is freedom of mind . Of Mr. Walter Scott's innate and trusting re- verence for thrones and dominations , the reader may find 61.
... favour for lasting success ; And remember , if laurels are what you would find , The crown of all triumph is freedom of mind . Of Mr. Walter Scott's innate and trusting re- verence for thrones and dominations , the reader may find 61.
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Abydos admiration affected Apollo appears bard beautiful better bow'd bright called character Coleridge court court of aldermen cried criticism delight Dryden elegant Eloisa to Abelard ev'ry eyes Fairfax fancy faults Feast feeling flow'r forget friends genius Giaour give graceful harmony Hayley heart idle imitation Italian Jump-up-and-kiss-me Juvenal keep king Laureat least less lines look look'd Lord Byron Lyrical Ballads mind Montepulciano Muse narch never o'er original passion perhaps persons piece Pindar poem poet Poet Laureat poetical poetry politics poor Pope praise prince PYRRHA reader respect rhyme ribaldry round satire Scott seem'd seems sense Shakspeare simplicity singular Sirmio smiles society song soul Southey sparkling speak species spect Spenser spirit style Tasso taste thee thing thou thought tion true turn turn'd twas only Bob verses versification vex'd vulgar Walter Scott wine words Wordsworth writings written