Cyclopędia 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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... spirit strives : Strength returns , and hope revives : Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn Fly like shadows at the moin- O'er the earth there comes a bloom ; Sunny light for sullen gloom , Warm perfume for vapour cold- I smell the rose ...
... spirit strives : Strength returns , and hope revives : Cloudy fears and shapes forlorn Fly like shadows at the moin- O'er the earth there comes a bloom ; Sunny light for sullen gloom , Warm perfume for vapour cold- I smell the rose ...
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... Spirit of the Age , ' characterises it as a piece of passionate action with the bones of poetry . ' Van Dyck's portrait of Strafford , so well known from copies and engravings , will always , we suspect , eclipse or supersede any pen ...
... Spirit of the Age , ' characterises it as a piece of passionate action with the bones of poetry . ' Van Dyck's portrait of Strafford , so well known from copies and engravings , will always , we suspect , eclipse or supersede any pen ...
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... spirit of Benbow minus that pigtail to which elegant gentlemen have a natural objection ? Can we be at once polished , yet free from what the newspapers call ' juvenile extrav- @gance ? ' Such is our ambition for Eustace . Still , we ...
... spirit of Benbow minus that pigtail to which elegant gentlemen have a natural objection ? Can we be at once polished , yet free from what the newspapers call ' juvenile extrav- @gance ? ' Such is our ambition for Eustace . Still , we ...
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