The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 2J. Murray, 1823 - English poetry |
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Page xi
... fear the severity of critical examination : from your Grace , who , happily , have no such impediment to justice , I must not look for the same kind of indulgence . I am assured , by those whose situation gave them opportunity for ...
... fear the severity of critical examination : from your Grace , who , happily , have no such impediment to justice , I must not look for the same kind of indulgence . I am assured , by those whose situation gave them opportunity for ...
Page xii
... fear of offending your Grace has made me so cautious in my expres- sions , that I may justly fear to offend many of my readers , who will think that something more of animation should have been excited by the objects I view , the ...
... fear of offending your Grace has made me so cautious in my expres- sions , that I may justly fear to offend many of my readers , who will think that something more of animation should have been excited by the objects I view , the ...
Page xv
... fear , entertain the opinion that the book before them was written in haste , and published without due examination and revisal : should this opinion be formed , there will doubtless occur many faults which may appear as originating in ...
... fear , entertain the opinion that the book before them was written in haste , and published without due examination and revisal : should this opinion be formed , there will doubtless occur many faults which may appear as originating in ...
Page xvi
... fear , expect a political satire , -an attack upon cor- rupt principles in a general view , or upon the customs and manners of some particular place ; of these they will find nothing satirized , nothing related . It may be that graver ...
... fear , expect a political satire , -an attack upon cor- rupt principles in a general view , or upon the customs and manners of some particular place ; of these they will find nothing satirized , nothing related . It may be that graver ...
Page xvii
... this casting away so largely of our cargo , through fears of danger , though it might help us to clear it , would render our vessel of little worth when she came into port . I may likewise entertain b 2 PREFACE . xvii LETTER.
... this casting away so largely of our cargo , through fears of danger , though it might help us to clear it , would render our vessel of little worth when she came into port . I may likewise entertain b 2 PREFACE . xvii LETTER.
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Page 375 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 205 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Page 350 - Or sadly listen to the tuneless cry Of fishing gull or clanging golden-eye; What time the sea-birds to the marsh would come, And the loud bittern, from the bull-rush home, Gave from the salt ditch side the bellowing boom...
Page 385 - At the paternal door a carriage stands, Love knits their hearts and Hymen joins their hands. Ah ! — world unknown ! how charming is thy view, Thy pleasures many, and each pleasure new : Ah ! — world experienced ! what of thee is told ? How few thy pleasures, and those few how old...
Page 10 - Then the broad bosom of the Ocean keeps An equal motion; swelling as it sleeps, Then slowly sinking; curling to the Strand, Faint, lazy Waves o'ercreep the ridgy Sand, Or tap the tarry Boat with gentle blow, And back return in silence, smooth and slow.
Page 30 - I go," he said ; but as he spoke, she found His hand more cold, and fluttering was the sound ; Then...
Page 375 - Though mangled, hack'd, and hew'd, not yet destroy'd ; The little ones, unbutton'd, glowing hot, Playing our games, and on the very spot, As happy as we once, to kneel and draw The chalky ring, and knuckle down at taw...
Page 11 - But nearer land you may the billows trace, As if contending in their watery chase ; May watch the mightiest till the shoal they reach, Then break and hurry to their utmost stretch ; CuiTd as they come, they strike with furious force, And then re-flowing, take their grating course, Raking the rounded flints, which ages past Roll'd by their rage, and shall to ages last.
Page 5 - With ceaseless motion comes and goes the tide, Flowing, it fills the channel vast and wide ; Then back to sea, with strong majestic sweep It rolls, in ebb yet terrible and deep ; Here sampire-banks (v) and salt-wort <•') bound the flood, There stakes and sea-weeds withering on the mud ; And higher up, a ridge of all things base, Which some strong tide has roll'd upon the place.
Page 6 - See! the long keel, which soon the waves must hide; See! the strong ribs which form the roomy side; Bolts yielding slowly to the sturdiest stroke, And planks which curve and crackle in the smoke. Around the whole rise cloudy wreaths, and far Bear the warm pungence of o'er-boiling tar.