Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... thine eyes Felt from afar ? Pliant and powerless now Like new - born infant bound up in his swathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , Absurd ! to think to over - reach the grave ! And from the wreck of names to rescue ours ! The ...
... thine eyes Felt from afar ? Pliant and powerless now Like new - born infant bound up in his swathes , Or victim tumbled flat upon his back , Absurd ! to think to over - reach the grave ! And from the wreck of names to rescue ours ! The ...
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... thine ? What means Precedency's a jest ; vassal and lord , Unconscious of his strength , to play the cow- Grossly familiar , side by side consume . ard , When self esteem , or others ' adulation , Would cunningly persuade us we were ...
... thine ? What means Precedency's a jest ; vassal and lord , Unconscious of his strength , to play the cow- Grossly familiar , side by side consume . ard , When self esteem , or others ' adulation , Would cunningly persuade us we were ...
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... thine ! See how the Profusely scatters the contagion round ! [ fiend Whilst deep - mouth'd slaughter , bellowing at her heels , [ morrow Wades deep in blood new - spilt ; yet for to- Shapes out new work of great uncommon dar- ing , And ...
... thine ! See how the Profusely scatters the contagion round ! [ fiend Whilst deep - mouth'd slaughter , bellowing at her heels , [ morrow Wades deep in blood new - spilt ; yet for to- Shapes out new work of great uncommon dar- ing , And ...
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... thine ; But only in thy keeping for a season , Till the great promis'd day of restitution ; When loud diffusive sound from brazen trump Of strong - lung'd cherub shall alarm thy cap- tives , And rouse the long , long sleepers into life ...
... thine ; But only in thy keeping for a season , Till the great promis'd day of restitution ; When loud diffusive sound from brazen trump Of strong - lung'd cherub shall alarm thy cap- tives , And rouse the long , long sleepers into life ...
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... thine . Is this too little for the boundless heart ? Extend it , let thy enemies have part : They view'd the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark , wasteful , wild , And surging waves , as mountains , to assault Heaven's ...
... thine . Is this too little for the boundless heart ? Extend it , let thy enemies have part : They view'd the vast immeasurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark , wasteful , wild , And surging waves , as mountains , to assault Heaven's ...
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Common terms and phrases
beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss bosom breast breath bright charms clouds courser dark death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal Ev'n ev'ry fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool glory glow grace grave hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven hour immortal Jebusites king light live lord LORD BYRON lov'd lyre maid mind mortal mourn Muse nature nature's ne'er night Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er pain passion peace pleas'd pleasure pow'r praise pride rapture rills rise round sacred Samian wine scene seem'd seraphic shade shine shore sigh sight skies sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit stream sweet sylphs tears tempest Thalestris thee thine thou thought throne toil trembling truth Twas virtue voice waves wild wind wings wise wretch young Benjie youth