Biographia Literaria: Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions ...William Pickering, 1928 - Criticism |
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Page 54
... father ! Last Christmas when they talked of this , Old Farmer Simpson did maintain , That in her womb the infant wrought About its mother's heart , and brought Her senses back again : And , when at last her time drew near , Her looks ...
... father ! Last Christmas when they talked of this , Old Farmer Simpson did maintain , That in her womb the infant wrought About its mother's heart , and brought Her senses back again : And , when at last her time drew near , Her looks ...
Page 74
... FATHers , SIMON LEE , ALICE FELL , BEGGARS , and THE SAILOR'S MOTHER , notwithstanding the beauties which are to be found in each of them where the poet interposes the music of his own thoughts , would have been more delightful to me in ...
... FATHers , SIMON LEE , ALICE FELL , BEGGARS , and THE SAILOR'S MOTHER , notwithstanding the beauties which are to be found in each of them where the poet interposes the music of his own thoughts , would have been more delightful to me in ...
Page 93
... fathers The Flower , even him Who preserves his native city erect and safe . " But are such rhetorical caprices condemnable only for their deviation from the language of real life ? and are they by no other means to be precluded , but ...
... fathers The Flower , even him Who preserves his native city erect and safe . " But are such rhetorical caprices condemnable only for their deviation from the language of real life ? and are they by no other means to be precluded , but ...
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... father of the Man , & c . " 2 Or in the LUCY GRAY ? " No mate , no comrade Lucy knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor ; The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door . ' 93 Or in the IDLE SHEPHERD - BOYS ? 4 66 Along the river's stony ...
... father of the Man , & c . " 2 Or in the LUCY GRAY ? " No mate , no comrade Lucy knew ; She dwelt on a wide moor ; The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door . ' 93 Or in the IDLE SHEPHERD - BOYS ? 4 66 Along the river's stony ...
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... father wrote , to " the eagles , " as it is written by Mr. Wordsworth - because eagles are neither gregarious nor numerous , and the first expression seems to mark the nature of the bird , and to bring it more interestingly before the ...
... father wrote , to " the eagles , " as it is written by Mr. Wordsworth - because eagles are neither gregarious nor numerous , and the first expression seems to mark the nature of the bird , and to bring it more interestingly before the ...
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