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Page 156
In the hour of adversity thy votaries have nought to fear ; in that of death thy balm
hath never failed . The funeral of Sir Mortimer over , Wilmot related his own recent
loss to his aunt and cousin . The character of Doveridge filled his hearers with ...
In the hour of adversity thy votaries have nought to fear ; in that of death thy balm
hath never failed . The funeral of Sir Mortimer over , Wilmot related his own recent
loss to his aunt and cousin . The character of Doveridge filled his hearers with ...
Page 239
to public virtue - - genius too ; Fondly we dwell on merit death has cross ' d , On
talent we have witness ' d , and have lost . Here on this mimic scene , alas ! the
day ! How many fleeting time has snatch ' d away ! His fatal scythe of late the
hoary ...
to public virtue - - genius too ; Fondly we dwell on merit death has cross ' d , On
talent we have witness ' d , and have lost . Here on this mimic scene , alas ! the
day ! How many fleeting time has snatch ' d away ! His fatal scythe of late the
hoary ...
Page 294
... expression not three lines before . Death lies on her , like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of the field . But in Shakspere the lines stand thus : . O
son , the night before thy wedding - day · Has death lain with thy wife : see , there
she ...
... expression not three lines before . Death lies on her , like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of the field . But in Shakspere the lines stand thus : . O
son , the night before thy wedding - day · Has death lain with thy wife : see , there
she ...
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Contents
Incidents illustrated 14 DRAMATIC | 17 |
Characters No I A Sailor 22 Modern Writers and Modern Taste 47 | 23 |
Doveridge or the Monster 27 To Mrs Herbert Croft 52 | 33 |
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