Sketches of English Literature: With Considerations on the Spirit of the Times, Men, and Revolutions, Volume 2H. Colburn, 1836 - English literature |
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... delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of superstitious ignorance . " The pensive man , at one time , walks unseen to muse at midnight ; and at another hears the sullen curfew . If the weather drives him home , he sits ...
... delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of superstitious ignorance . " The pensive man , at one time , walks unseen to muse at midnight ; and at another hears the sullen curfew . If the weather drives him home , he sits ...
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... delights us by the carelessness of his life : on the other hand , we love to see a genius yet unknown , foretelling his own fame , when after - times , confirming the pre- diction , reply , - " No ! we have not let die that something ...
... delights us by the carelessness of his life : on the other hand , we love to see a genius yet unknown , foretelling his own fame , when after - times , confirming the pre- diction , reply , - " No ! we have not let die that something ...
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... delight , wherein be worshipped , wherein be glorified , by the forcible continuing of an improper and ill - yoking couple ? Where can be the peace and love which must invite God to such a house ? May it not be feared that the not ...
... delight , wherein be worshipped , wherein be glorified , by the forcible continuing of an improper and ill - yoking couple ? Where can be the peace and love which must invite God to such a house ? May it not be feared that the not ...
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... delights of conjugal love : — Hail wedded love , mysterious law , true source Of human offspring ! Paradise Lost , Book IV . In accordance with his principles respecting divorce , Milton solicited the hand of the young and accomplished ...
... delights of conjugal love : — Hail wedded love , mysterious law , true source Of human offspring ! Paradise Lost , Book IV . In accordance with his principles respecting divorce , Milton solicited the hand of the young and accomplished ...
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... delight , Now at his feet submissive in distress ! The issue of a romantic marriage , begun in mys- tery , renewed in tears , was three daughters , and two of these Antigones re - opened the pages of antiquity to their blind father ...
... delight , Now at his feet submissive in distress ! The issue of a romantic marriage , begun in mys- tery , renewed in tears , was three daughters , and two of these Antigones re - opened the pages of antiquity to their blind father ...
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