Literature of the English Language: Comprising Representative Selections from the Best Authors, Also Lists of Contemporaneous Writers and Their Principal WorksIvison, Blakeman, Taylor,, 1870 - 640 Seiten |
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... spirit of the literature of to - day , lead him back to the classical period , exciting his curiosity by the way to pursue its earlier history at his leisure . A few authors carefully studied would undoubtedly produce the most valuable ...
... spirit of the literature of to - day , lead him back to the classical period , exciting his curiosity by the way to pursue its earlier history at his leisure . A few authors carefully studied would undoubtedly produce the most valuable ...
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... spirit which gazes through them ; the light which they can shed on the wonderful questions , What are we ? and Whither do we tend ? We do not wish to be deceived . Here we drift , like white sail across the wild ocean , now bright on ...
... spirit which gazes through them ; the light which they can shed on the wonderful questions , What are we ? and Whither do we tend ? We do not wish to be deceived . Here we drift , like white sail across the wild ocean , now bright on ...
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... spirit , and sad images Of the stern agony , and shroud and pall , And breathless darkness , and the narrow house , Make thee to shudder , and grow sick at heart , Go forth under the open sky , and list To Nature's teachings ; while ...
... spirit , and sad images Of the stern agony , and shroud and pall , And breathless darkness , and the narrow house , Make thee to shudder , and grow sick at heart , Go forth under the open sky , and list To Nature's teachings ; while ...
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... spirit and delicate frame , Gentlest in mien and mind Of gentle womankind , Timidly shrinking from the breath of blame ; One in whose eyes the smile of kindness made Its haunt , like flowers by sunny brooks in May ; Yet , at the thought ...
... spirit and delicate frame , Gentlest in mien and mind Of gentle womankind , Timidly shrinking from the breath of blame ; One in whose eyes the smile of kindness made Its haunt , like flowers by sunny brooks in May ; Yet , at the thought ...
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... spirit yearns to bring The lost ones back , yearns with desire intense , And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart , and pluck thy captives thence . In vain thy gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the ...
... spirit yearns to bring The lost ones back , yearns with desire intense , And struggles hard to wring Thy bolts apart , and pluck thy captives thence . In vain thy gates deny All passage save to those who hence depart ; Nor to the ...
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