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... his great predecessor ; but there is a perspicuity in his diction , and a circumstan- tiality in his narration , which are sometimes truly pleasing , and he has given us several proofs of the exquisite tenderness of his heart .
... his great predecessor ; but there is a perspicuity in his diction , and a circumstan- tiality in his narration , which are sometimes truly pleasing , and he has given us several proofs of the exquisite tenderness of his heart .
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What heart of stele could do to him damage , Or suffer him dye , beholding the manere , And looke benigne of his twein eyen clere ? ' " I stop here , " says Gray , " not because there are not great beauties in the remainder of this ...
What heart of stele could do to him damage , Or suffer him dye , beholding the manere , And looke benigne of his twein eyen clere ? ' " I stop here , " says Gray , " not because there are not great beauties in the remainder of this ...
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Of that remarkable interunion of humour with the deeper emotions of the mind and heart , which I have noticed as so strongly characterizing the muse of Burns , numerous instances might be se- lected ...
Of that remarkable interunion of humour with the deeper emotions of the mind and heart , which I have noticed as so strongly characterizing the muse of Burns , numerous instances might be se- lected ...
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... of no narrative which presents so masterly a display of contrasted talent ; a transition so complete from scenery that would do honour to the pencil of Ho- garth , to that which breathes the most awful and heart - harrowing terror .
... of no narrative which presents so masterly a display of contrasted talent ; a transition so complete from scenery that would do honour to the pencil of Ho- garth , to that which breathes the most awful and heart - harrowing terror .
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... So loud y - sang , that all the wood y - rang , Like as it should shiver in pieces smale ; And as me thoughten that the nightingale With so great might her voice began out - wrest Right as her heart for love would all to - brest .
... So loud y - sang , that all the wood y - rang , Like as it should shiver in pieces smale ; And as me thoughten that the nightingale With so great might her voice began out - wrest Right as her heart for love would all to - brest .
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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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