Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 7 |
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Page 161
Before the beginning of years That his strength might endure for a There came to
the making of man span Time , with a gift of tears ; ; With travail and heavy sorrow
, Grief , with a glass that ran ; The holy spirit of man . Pleasure , with pain for ...
Before the beginning of years That his strength might endure for a There came to
the making of man span Time , with a gift of tears ; ; With travail and heavy sorrow
, Grief , with a glass that ran ; The holy spirit of man . Pleasure , with pain for ...
Page 182
Sae , lest ' mid fortune ' s sunshine we shonld feel owre proud and hie , And in
our pride forget to wipe the tear frae poortith ' s ( e , Some wee dark clouds o '
sorrow come , we ken na whence or how , But ilka blade o ' grass keps its ain
drap o ...
Sae , lest ' mid fortune ' s sunshine we shonld feel owre proud and hie , And in
our pride forget to wipe the tear frae poortith ' s ( e , Some wee dark clouds o '
sorrow come , we ken na whence or how , But ilka blade o ' grass keps its ain
drap o ...
Page 264
He then burst into tears , and reason again fied . What preacher need moralise
on this story ; what words , save the simplest are re quisite to tell it ? It is too
terrible for tears . The thought of such a misery smites me down in submission
before ...
He then burst into tears , and reason again fied . What preacher need moralise
on this story ; what words , save the simplest are re quisite to tell it ? It is too
terrible for tears . The thought of such a misery smites me down in submission
before ...
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Capt Hugh Clupperton 17881827 | 7 |
Joseph Forsyth 17631815 | 14 |
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