Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7Robert Chambers Amer. Book Exchange, 1879 - English literature |
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... rich droppings for the gleaners Threw round his harvest way . Frieze , pedestal , Pillars that bore through years the weight of glory , And take their rest . Tombs , arches , monuments , Vainly set up to save a name , as though The ...
... rich droppings for the gleaners Threw round his harvest way . Frieze , pedestal , Pillars that bore through years the weight of glory , And take their rest . Tombs , arches , monuments , Vainly set up to save a name , as though The ...
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... rich , jolly country gentleman , if miserable , has a very supportable misery ; if a sinner , has very few people to tell him so . " The following passage in The Four Georges ' is one of the most striking and affecting in our literature ...
... rich , jolly country gentleman , if miserable , has a very supportable misery ; if a sinner , has very few people to tell him so . " The following passage in The Four Georges ' is one of the most striking and affecting in our literature ...
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... rich and the poor . Phaethon , or Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers , ' 1852 , and Hypatia , or New Friends with an Old Face , ' 1853 , were Mr. Kingsley's next works . · These were followed by a series of lectures , delivered at the ...
... rich and the poor . Phaethon , or Loose Thoughts for Loose Thinkers , ' 1852 , and Hypatia , or New Friends with an Old Face , ' 1853 , were Mr. Kingsley's next works . · These were followed by a series of lectures , delivered at the ...
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