English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's "Compendium of English Literature", and Supplementary to It. Designed for Colleges and Advanced Classes in Schools, as Well as for Private ReadingE.C. & J. Biddle, 1853 - 785 páginas |
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... look backwards on antiquity , or survey ages nearer our own , we shall find several of the greatest geniuses so far from being sunk in indigence , that many of them enjoyed splendor and honors , or at least were secured against the ...
... look backwards on antiquity , or survey ages nearer our own , we shall find several of the greatest geniuses so far from being sunk in indigence , that many of them enjoyed splendor and honors , or at least were secured against the ...
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... look up , or an awful precipice or tower , whence we look down on the objects which lie below , is still more so . The excessive grandeur of the firmament arises from its height joined to its boundless extent ; and that of the ocean ...
... look up , or an awful precipice or tower , whence we look down on the objects which lie below , is still more so . The excessive grandeur of the firmament arises from its height joined to its boundless extent ; and that of the ocean ...
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... Look at yourself , ' I replied , and consider your hands and fingers , your legs and feet , and other limbs ; are they not regular in their appearance , and useful to you ? " He said they were . ' Came you then hither , ' said I , by ...
... Look at yourself , ' I replied , and consider your hands and fingers , your legs and feet , and other limbs ; are they not regular in their appearance , and useful to you ? " He said they were . ' Came you then hither , ' said I , by ...
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... look'd delightful , as it past , To the fond husband and the faithful wife . Beyond the lowly vale of shepherd life They never roam'd ; secure beneath the storm Which in Ambition's lofty land is rife , Where peace and love are canker'd ...
... look'd delightful , as it past , To the fond husband and the faithful wife . Beyond the lowly vale of shepherd life They never roam'd ; secure beneath the storm Which in Ambition's lofty land is rife , Where peace and love are canker'd ...
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... look into futurity ; but a most dangerous one to a being so short - sighted as he who " knows not what a day may bring forth . " Indeed , in many parts of this work may be found sentiments altogether too loosely expressed , and ...
... look into futurity ; but a most dangerous one to a being so short - sighted as he who " knows not what a day may bring forth . " Indeed , in many parts of this work may be found sentiments altogether too loosely expressed , and ...
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