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Two instances of this kind are quoted by our great lyric poet , of which the second is beyond all praise , and shows how deeply the Monk of Bury could enter into the distresses of love and maternal fondness .
Two instances of this kind are quoted by our great lyric poet , of which the second is beyond all praise , and shows how deeply the Monk of Bury could enter into the distresses of love and maternal fondness .
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Of the merits of a poet so well known , and so deservedly popular as is Robert Burns , it would , in the present day , be altogether superfluous to enter into any formal discussion ; and for the purpose which I have in view , that of a ...
Of the merits of a poet so well known , and so deservedly popular as is Robert Burns , it would , in the present day , be altogether superfluous to enter into any formal discussion ; and for the purpose which I have in view , that of a ...
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... in very general terms , I feel tempted , from its close affinity with the title of these volumes , to enter upon one topic of resemblance amongst these poets more at large , and that is , their peculiar attachment to , and fondness ...
... in very general terms , I feel tempted , from its close affinity with the title of these volumes , to enter upon one topic of resemblance amongst these poets more at large , and that is , their peculiar attachment to , and fondness ...
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It would appear a difficult and a dangerous task to enter into competition with passages such as I have now given ; yet , rich and appropriate as these Chaucerian pictures must be esteemed , they are ri- valled , if not surpassed ...
It would appear a difficult and a dangerous task to enter into competition with passages such as I have now given ; yet , rich and appropriate as these Chaucerian pictures must be esteemed , they are ri- valled , if not surpassed ...
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The poet and his conductress then enter a gar- den filled with flowers , and breathing odours re- dolent of paradise , when immediately The purple sun , with tender bemys red , In orient bright as angel did appear , Through golden skyis ...
The poet and his conductress then enter a gar- den filled with flowers , and breathing odours re- dolent of paradise , when immediately The purple sun , with tender bemys red , In orient bright as angel did appear , Through golden skyis ...
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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