Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2J. Murray, 1828 |
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... scarcely prints the turf on which he trod : At ease he seem'd , and prancing o'er the plains , Turn'd only to the grove his horse's reins , The grove I nam'd before ; and lighting there , A woodbine garland sought to crown his hair Then ...
... scarcely prints the turf on which he trod : At ease he seem'd , and prancing o'er the plains , Turn'd only to the grove his horse's reins , The grove I nam'd before ; and lighting there , A woodbine garland sought to crown his hair Then ...
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... scarcely one but what is thus commingled with the sweetest feelings of love and pity ; and it is this happy and almost constant intermixture of - minute description with sentiment and passion which has given to the poetry of Burns such ...
... scarcely one but what is thus commingled with the sweetest feelings of love and pity ; and it is this happy and almost constant intermixture of - minute description with sentiment and passion which has given to the poetry of Burns such ...
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... scarcely , indeed , form a picture of more utter destitution than what is presented to us in the person of the Celtic Homer , whether it be drawn from Scottish or Irish sources . Nor can we avoid thinking , that when the poets of Erin ...
... scarcely , indeed , form a picture of more utter destitution than what is presented to us in the person of the Celtic Homer , whether it be drawn from Scottish or Irish sources . Nor can we avoid thinking , that when the poets of Erin ...
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... scarcely possible not to feel that the venerable apostle of the sister island has exhibited no very abundant stock of pity or forbearance . O Oisin of the mighty deed ! Thy folly I deplore ; O ! cease thy frenzy thus to feed , And give ...
... scarcely possible not to feel that the venerable apostle of the sister island has exhibited no very abundant stock of pity or forbearance . O Oisin of the mighty deed ! Thy folly I deplore ; O ! cease thy frenzy thus to feed , And give ...
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... scarcely , however , re- gret this want of equanimity on the part of St. Patrick , since it introduces the following wild but beautifully characteristic expostulation from the lips of his companion , who , shocked , as he well might be ...
... scarcely , however , re- gret this want of equanimity on the part of St. Patrick , since it introduces the following wild but beautifully characteristic expostulation from the lips of his companion , who , shocked , as he well might be ...
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