Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 2Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - English literature |
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... star of the ancients , and the rules of the French stage amongst the moderns , which are extremely different from ours , by reason of their opposite taste ; yet even then , I had the pre- sumption to dedicate to your lordship - a very ...
... star of the ancients , and the rules of the French stage amongst the moderns , which are extremely different from ours , by reason of their opposite taste ; yet even then , I had the pre- sumption to dedicate to your lordship - a very ...
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... star of spring , that pours A never - failing stream , hath drench'd thy head ? How oft , the summer cloud in copious showers , Or gentle drops , its genial influence shed ? How oft , since then , the hovering mist of morn Hath caus'd ...
... star of spring , that pours A never - failing stream , hath drench'd thy head ? How oft , the summer cloud in copious showers , Or gentle drops , its genial influence shed ? How oft , since then , the hovering mist of morn Hath caus'd ...
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... stars , as made the most agreeable prospect imaginable to one who delights in the study of nature . It happened to be a freezing night , which had purified the whole body of air into such a bright transparent æther , as made every ...
... stars , as made the most agreeable prospect imaginable to one who delights in the study of nature . It happened to be a freezing night , which had purified the whole body of air into such a bright transparent æther , as made every ...
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... star of day ! The strife is o'er - the pangs of Nature close , And life's last rapture triumphs o'er her woes . Hark ! as the spirit eyes , with eagle gaze , The noon of Heav'n undazzled by the blaze , On heav'nly winds that waft her to ...
... star of day ! The strife is o'er - the pangs of Nature close , And life's last rapture triumphs o'er her woes . Hark ! as the spirit eyes , with eagle gaze , The noon of Heav'n undazzled by the blaze , On heav'nly winds that waft her to ...
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... stars and planets appeared one after an- other , until the whole firmament was in a glow . The blueness of the ether was exceedingly height- ened and enlivened by the season of the year , and by the rays of all those luminaries that ...
... stars and planets appeared one after an- other , until the whole firmament was in a glow . The blueness of the ether was exceedingly height- ened and enlivened by the season of the year , and by the rays of all those luminaries that ...
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