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Page 20
... breathes of her pride , coldness , and reserve , betray a consciousness , on her part , more gratifying as proofs of interest , from such a woman , than the sweetest blandish- ments of the less sustained and magnanimous of the sex . It ...
... breathes of her pride , coldness , and reserve , betray a consciousness , on her part , more gratifying as proofs of interest , from such a woman , than the sweetest blandish- ments of the less sustained and magnanimous of the sex . It ...
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... breath of mountain air to the weary wayfarer . There are few writers of the period more generally beloved than Dr. Goldsmith . Of his contemporaries , Burke excelled him in splendor of diction , and Johnson in depth of thought . The ...
... breath of mountain air to the weary wayfarer . There are few writers of the period more generally beloved than Dr. Goldsmith . Of his contemporaries , Burke excelled him in splendor of diction , and Johnson in depth of thought . The ...
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... breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale , The simplest note that swells the gale , The common sun , the air , the skies , To him are opening paradise . * Humble quiet builds her cell Near the source whence pleasure ...
... breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale , The simplest note that swells the gale , The common sun , the air , the skies , To him are opening paradise . * Humble quiet builds her cell Near the source whence pleasure ...
Page 61
... breathe and words that burn . The beauties and deficiencies of Gray , both as a man and a poet , are traceable to his fastidious taste . This bounded his social nature , while it wove strong and pure ties between his mind and outward ...
... breathe and words that burn . The beauties and deficiencies of Gray , both as a man and a poet , are traceable to his fastidious taste . This bounded his social nature , while it wove strong and pure ties between his mind and outward ...
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... rock to sleep . He tells us that simplicity is -- by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought , In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong . Here we have a perfect definition in common but adequate 68 THOUGHTS ON THE POETS .
... rock to sleep . He tells us that simplicity is -- by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought , In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong . Here we have a perfect definition in common but adequate 68 THOUGHTS ON THE POETS .
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