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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... rest . Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace . Of wealth and fame , of pomp and power possess'd , Who ever felt his weight of wo decrease ? Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and Greece , The lay heaven - prompted , and harmonious ...
... rest . Be all my prayer for virtue and for peace . Of wealth and fame , of pomp and power possess'd , Who ever felt his weight of wo decrease ? Ah ! what avails the lore of Rome and Greece , The lay heaven - prompted , and harmonious ...
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... rest ; whilst , to the imbe- cility of age , quietness and repose become positive gratifications . In one important step the advantage is with the old . A state of ease is , generally speaking , more attainable than a state of plea ...
... rest ; whilst , to the imbe- cility of age , quietness and repose become positive gratifications . In one important step the advantage is with the old . A state of ease is , generally speaking , more attainable than a state of plea ...
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... rest and daily bread , the ordinary use of our limbs , and senses , and understandings , are gifts which admit of no comparison with any other ; yet , because almost every man we meet possesses these , we leave them out of our enu ...
... rest and daily bread , the ordinary use of our limbs , and senses , and understandings , are gifts which admit of no comparison with any other ; yet , because almost every man we meet possesses these , we leave them out of our enu ...
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... , In thy retreat I rest ; Pursue thee to thy peaceful groves , Where Plato's sacred spirit roves , In all thy graces dress'd . 1 Venus . 63 He bade Ilissus " tuneful stream Convey the philosophic theme 1760-1820 . ] CARTER .
... , In thy retreat I rest ; Pursue thee to thy peaceful groves , Where Plato's sacred spirit roves , In all thy graces dress'd . 1 Venus . 63 He bade Ilissus " tuneful stream Convey the philosophic theme 1760-1820 . ] CARTER .
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... rest , When the pale star looks on its breast . Yet , when the silent evening sighs With hallow'd airs and symphonies , My spirit takes another tone , And sighs that it is all alone . The autumn leaf is sere and dead , It floats upon ...
... rest , When the pale star looks on its breast . Yet , when the silent evening sighs With hallow'd airs and symphonies , My spirit takes another tone , And sighs that it is all alone . The autumn leaf is sere and dead , It floats upon ...
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