The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... venal stickler for the yoke Felt himself crush'd at the first word he spoke . Such men are raised to station and command , When Providence means mercy to a land . He speaks , and they appear ; to him they TABLE TALK . 31.
... venal stickler for the yoke Felt himself crush'd at the first word he spoke . Such men are raised to station and command , When Providence means mercy to a land . He speaks , and they appear ; to him they TABLE TALK . 31.
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Including Translations ... He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a victory ...
Including Translations ... He speaks , and they appear ; to him they owe Skill to direct , and strength to strike the blow ; To manage with address , to seize with power The crisis of a dark decisive hour . So Gideon earn'd a victory ...
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... Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard : To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . 221819 Thus genius rose and set at order'd times , And TABLE TALK . 37.
... Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard : To carry nature lengths unknown before , To give a Milton birth , ask'd ages more . 221819 Thus genius rose and set at order'd times , And TABLE TALK . 37.
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... appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as ...
... appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase , and headlong leaps , True beagle as ...
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... appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The Mind , impressible and soft , with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue , That Education gives her , false or true ...
... appears , Our most important are our earliest years ; The Mind , impressible and soft , with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees , And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue , That Education gives her , false or true ...
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