The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2Harper & Brothers, 1870 - English literature |
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... Night Piece .. The Hermit .. Hymn to Contentment . WILLIAM SOMERVILLE .... Morning in Autumn . THOMAS TICKELL .... Colin and Lucy ..... Extract from the Elegy on Addison .. LECTURE THE TWENTY - SIXTH . ALEXANDER POPE ..... Passage from ...
... Night Piece .. The Hermit .. Hymn to Contentment . WILLIAM SOMERVILLE .... Morning in Autumn . THOMAS TICKELL .... Colin and Lucy ..... Extract from the Elegy on Addison .. LECTURE THE TWENTY - SIXTH . ALEXANDER POPE ..... Passage from ...
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... Night Scene .... 327 WILLIAM SHENSTONE .. 327 Pastoral Ballad . 328 The Schoolmistress .. WILLIAM WHITEHEAD .. 329 333 Variety ... 334 THOMAS GRAY ...... 334 The Savage Youth of Chili ... 336 Poetical Character of Shakspeare , Milton ...
... Night Scene .... 327 WILLIAM SHENSTONE .. 327 Pastoral Ballad . 328 The Schoolmistress .. WILLIAM WHITEHEAD .. 329 333 Variety ... 334 THOMAS GRAY ...... 334 The Savage Youth of Chili ... 336 Poetical Character of Shakspeare , Milton ...
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... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared one ...
... night insensibly fell upon me . I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven . In proportion as they faded away and went out , several stars and planets appeared one ...
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... night withdrew , The ruddy morn disclosed at once to view The face of nature in a rich disguise , And brightened every object to my eyes : For every shrub , and every blade of grass , And every pointed thorn , seemed wrought in glass ...
... night withdrew , The ruddy morn disclosed at once to view The face of nature in a rich disguise , And brightened every object to my eyes : For every shrub , and every blade of grass , And every pointed thorn , seemed wrought in glass ...
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... night , Darkling I sigh , and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite , and sing of groves and myrtle shades , Of desperate lady near a purling stream , Or lover pendant on a willow - tree ...
... night , Darkling I sigh , and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite , and sing of groves and myrtle shades , Of desperate lady near a purling stream , Or lover pendant on a willow - tree ...
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