Lectures and Addresses in Aid of Popular Education: Including a Lecture on the Poetry of PopeLongman, 1852 - 128 pages |
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... Eloisa to Abelard . A few words will suffice here for the Elegy ; its moral tendency cannot be defended , as it appears , inci- dentally at least , to excuse and consecrate suicide . In its execution it combines in a high degree poetic ...
... Eloisa to Abelard . A few words will suffice here for the Elegy ; its moral tendency cannot be defended , as it appears , inci- dentally at least , to excuse and consecrate suicide . In its execution it combines in a high degree poetic ...
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... Eloisa to Abelard . I ought , however , before I give vent to the full glow of panegyric , to make two admissions ; one , that a sensitive delicacy would have avoided the subject ; the other , that the matter is not ori- ginal , but is ...
... Eloisa to Abelard . I ought , however , before I give vent to the full glow of panegyric , to make two admissions ; one , that a sensitive delicacy would have avoided the subject ; the other , that the matter is not ori- ginal , but is ...
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... Eloisa's own state of mind : - " But o'er the twilight groves and dusky ... Abelard : - : - " Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame , When ... Abelard ! the last sad office pay , And smooth my passage to the realms of day . See ...
... Eloisa's own state of mind : - " But o'er the twilight groves and dusky ... Abelard : - : - " Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame , When ... Abelard ! the last sad office pay , And smooth my passage to the realms of day . See ...
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... Eloisa see , It will be then no crime to gaze on me . ( That is , I think , a highly impassioned and pathetic line ... Abelard be loved no more . O death , all eloquent ! you only prove , What dust we doat on when ' tis man we love ...
... Eloisa see , It will be then no crime to gaze on me . ( That is , I think , a highly impassioned and pathetic line ... Abelard be loved no more . O death , all eloquent ! you only prove , What dust we doat on when ' tis man we love ...
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