The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 páginas |
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... Lords the fons of the Earls of Northamp- ton and Aylesbury , and added , in one day , ten others to the number of peers , he published An Epi- tle to the Right Honourable George Lord Lanfdown ; in order to reconcile the people to one ...
... Lords the fons of the Earls of Northamp- ton and Aylesbury , and added , in one day , ten others to the number of peers , he published An Epi- tle to the Right Honourable George Lord Lanfdown ; in order to reconcile the people to one ...
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... Lord Burleigh , which he foon quitted , upon the prefling folicitations of Wharton , and his promiles of ferving and ad- vancing him in the world . The fame year , his Bufiris , King of Egypt , was acted at the theatre in Drury - Lane ...
... Lord Burleigh , which he foon quitted , upon the prefling folicitations of Wharton , and his promiles of ferving and ad- vancing him in the world . The fame year , his Bufiris , King of Egypt , was acted at the theatre in Drury - Lane ...
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... Lord Chancellor Hardwicke was to determine , March 14 1740 , whether these annuities were for legal confiderations , Young , on his examination , swore , that he quitted the Exeter family , and refused an annuity of 1001. , which had ...
... Lord Chancellor Hardwicke was to determine , March 14 1740 , whether these annuities were for legal confiderations , Young , on his examination , swore , that he quitted the Exeter family , and refused an annuity of 1001. , which had ...
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... Lord Palmerston . She fell into a declining state of health , and was accompanied by her mother , & c . to the south of France , and died at Lyons , on her way to Nice , in 1736 , within a year after her marriage , and only seventeen ...
... Lord Palmerston . She fell into a declining state of health , and was accompanied by her mother , & c . to the south of France , and died at Lyons , on her way to Nice , in 1736 , within a year after her marriage , and only seventeen ...
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... Lord Wilmington , the Duke of Portland , the Earl of Litchfield , Mr. Pelham , and the Duke of Newcastle . The fourth Night was addreffed , by " a much - indebted mufe , " to the Honourable Mr. Yorke , the late Lord Hardwicke , who ...
... Lord Wilmington , the Duke of Portland , the Earl of Litchfield , Mr. Pelham , and the Duke of Newcastle . The fourth Night was addreffed , by " a much - indebted mufe , " to the Honourable Mr. Yorke , the late Lord Hardwicke , who ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 217 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 217 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 217 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Página 223 - Sisters, weave the web of death; Sisters, cease, the work is done. Hail the task, and hail the hands!
Página 63 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Página 247 - I saw difficulties which staggered me ; but I kept my mind open to conviction. The evidences and doctrines of Christianity, studied with attention, made me a most firm and persuaded believer of the Christian religion. I have made it the rule of my life, and it is the ground of my future hopes.
Página 231 - And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that cannot hear And weep the more because I weep in vain.
Página 220 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Página 14 - Alas ! misfortunes travel in a train, And oft in life form one perpetual chain ; Fear buries fear, and ills on ills attend, Till life and sorrow meet one common end.
Página 379 - And they sung a new song, saying, "Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof; for thou wast slain and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and tongue and people and nation...