Development of English Literature and Language, Volume 2S.C. Griggs, 1882 - English language |
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Page 57
... o'er , And then his inn upon the farther ground , Loath to wade through , and loather to go round : Then dipping in his staff , does trial make How deep it 18 , and , sighing , pulls it back : Sometimes , resolved to fetch his leap ...
... o'er , And then his inn upon the farther ground , Loath to wade through , and loather to go round : Then dipping in his staff , does trial make How deep it 18 , and , sighing , pulls it back : Sometimes , resolved to fetch his leap ...
Page 59
... o'er - informed the tenement of clay . In friendship false , implacable in hate : Resolved to ruin or to rule the state . " Never was portrait of pen sharper than this of the Duke of Buckingham : A man so various that he seemed to be ...
... o'er - informed the tenement of clay . In friendship false , implacable in hate : Resolved to ruin or to rule the state . " Never was portrait of pen sharper than this of the Duke of Buckingham : A man so various that he seemed to be ...
Page 113
... o'er the shrouds the aƫrial whispers breathe , That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath . Some to the sun their insect wings unfold , Waft on the breeze or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight ...
... o'er the shrouds the aƫrial whispers breathe , That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath . Some to the sun their insect wings unfold , Waft on the breeze or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight ...
Page 123
... o'er . ' This The rattle , ' the ' straw , ' the ' beads , ' and the ' prayer - books ' are equally baubles , and end alike in weariness and death . is deliberate and final , -the sum of life's poor play ! The greatest men have indeed ...
... o'er . ' This The rattle , ' the ' straw , ' the ' beads , ' and the ' prayer - books ' are equally baubles , and end alike in weariness and death . is deliberate and final , -the sum of life's poor play ! The greatest men have indeed ...
Page 133
... o'er the floor , Eyes all the smiling family askance , And pecks , and starts , and wonders where he is ; Till , more familiar grown , the table - crumbs Attract his slender feet . ' A passage at the end of Spring contains a well ...
... o'er the floor , Eyes all the smiling family askance , And pecks , and starts , and wonders where he is ; Till , more familiar grown , the table - crumbs Attract his slender feet . ' A passage at the end of Spring contains a well ...
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