Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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Page iv
... pleasure and edification . We do not , like a certain old author named Lyly , present to our readers " a mingle - mangle , " and hope to be excused " because the whole world has become a hotch - potch , " but a carefully - selected ...
... pleasure and edification . We do not , like a certain old author named Lyly , present to our readers " a mingle - mangle , " and hope to be excused " because the whole world has become a hotch - potch , " but a carefully - selected ...
Page vi
... to sabbath sunshine left . " there to delight themselves with the beauties of some favourite author - to walk with Poesy in her serene retreats , and to indulge in those " sweet pleasures " that " to verse belong ; " but.
... to sabbath sunshine left . " there to delight themselves with the beauties of some favourite author - to walk with Poesy in her serene retreats , and to indulge in those " sweet pleasures " that " to verse belong ; " but.
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Henry Gardiner ADAMS. pleasures " that " to verse belong ; " but there are yet more who would gladly do this , were they not " Chained to the desk , the world's unwilling slaves , " or in some other way so fully engaged in working out ...
Henry Gardiner ADAMS. pleasures " that " to verse belong ; " but there are yet more who would gladly do this , were they not " Chained to the desk , the world's unwilling slaves , " or in some other way so fully engaged in working out ...
Page ix
... pleasure over - much ; All who are by aspirations Glorious and lofty swayed ; All whose thoughts are like oblations On a heavenly altar laid ; These , and such as these , will hearken To the sweetly - warbled song , Though the clouds ...
... pleasure over - much ; All who are by aspirations Glorious and lofty swayed ; All whose thoughts are like oblations On a heavenly altar laid ; These , and such as these , will hearken To the sweetly - warbled song , Though the clouds ...
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... pleasure of the fleeting year ! What freezings have I felt , what dark days seen , What cold December barrenness everywhere . Shakspere . From you have I been absent in the spring , When proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim ...
... pleasure of the fleeting year ! What freezings have I felt , what dark days seen , What cold December barrenness everywhere . Shakspere . From you have I been absent in the spring , When proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim ...
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