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... hope that , while the changes which have been introduced will impart to the work an increased interest , they will not be found to impair at all its representative character ; and that an improved tone , both of taste and of sentiment ...
... hope that , while the changes which have been introduced will impart to the work an increased interest , they will not be found to impair at all its representative character ; and that an improved tone , both of taste and of sentiment ...
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... Hope beyond the Grave . 291. The Soldier's Dream . 292. Ye Mariners of England . 293. Hohenlinden . William Wordsworth , 1770- 1850 . 294. The Greek Mythology . 295. Tintern Abbey . 296. To a Skylark . 299. We are Seven . 297. Portrait ...
... Hope beyond the Grave . 291. The Soldier's Dream . 292. Ye Mariners of England . 293. Hohenlinden . William Wordsworth , 1770- 1850 . 294. The Greek Mythology . 295. Tintern Abbey . 296. To a Skylark . 299. We are Seven . 297. Portrait ...
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... hope of speed , what dread of long delays . The wild forèst , the clothed holts with green ; With reins avail'd , 3 and swift ybreathed horse , With cry of hounds , and merry blasts between , Where we did chase the fearful hart of force ...
... hope of speed , what dread of long delays . The wild forèst , the clothed holts with green ; With reins avail'd , 3 and swift ybreathed horse , With cry of hounds , and merry blasts between , Where we did chase the fearful hart of force ...
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... hope to rise , yet fear to fall . A chance may win that by mischance was lost ; That net that holds no great , takes little fish ; In some things all , in all things none are cross'd ; Few all they need , but none have all they wish ...
... hope to rise , yet fear to fall . A chance may win that by mischance was lost ; That net that holds no great , takes little fish ; In some things all , in all things none are cross'd ; Few all they need , but none have all they wish ...
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... hope it , but they follow the counsel of death upon his first approach . It is he that puts into man all the wisdom of the world without speaking a word , which God , with all the words of his law , promises , or threats , doth not ...
... hope it , but they follow the counsel of death upon his first approach . It is he that puts into man all the wisdom of the world without speaking a word , which God , with all the words of his law , promises , or threats , doth not ...
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