Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and PeopleHarper, 1862 - 558 pages |
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... fear that the choicest morsels of my book , the delicious specimens of Cowley's prose , may come under the same category . Ah ! I wish I were as sure of my original mat- ter as I am of my selections . It is right to say that a few of ...
... fear that the choicest morsels of my book , the delicious specimens of Cowley's prose , may come under the same category . Ah ! I wish I were as sure of my original mat- ter as I am of my selections . It is right to say that a few of ...
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... Fear not to touch the best , The truth shall be thy warrant . Go , since I needs must die , And give the world the lie . Go tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good , and doth no good ...
... Fear not to touch the best , The truth shall be thy warrant . Go , since I needs must die , And give the world the lie . Go tell the Court it glows And shines like rotten wood ; Go tell the Church it shows Men's good , and doth no good ...
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... fear . What though no grant of royal donors With pompous titles grace our blood ? We'll shine in more substantial honors , And to be noble we'll be good . Our name , while virtue thus we tender , Shall A LITERARY LIFE . 13.
... fear . What though no grant of royal donors With pompous titles grace our blood ? We'll shine in more substantial honors , And to be noble we'll be good . Our name , while virtue thus we tender , Shall A LITERARY LIFE . 13.
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... fear to you Stand up so near to you- Och ! out of fear to you , Soggarth aroon ! Who in the winter night , Soggarth aroon , When the could blast did bite , Soggarth aroon , Came to my cabin - door , And on my earthen floor Knelt by me ...
... fear to you Stand up so near to you- Och ! out of fear to you , Soggarth aroon ! Who in the winter night , Soggarth aroon , When the could blast did bite , Soggarth aroon , Came to my cabin - door , And on my earthen floor Knelt by me ...
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... , and a kind act to another . He died in the vigor of his age ; mar- ried , and , as I fear , poor . The too frequent story of a man of genius . III . AUTHORS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACES . THOMAS NOEL . 24 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
... , and a kind act to another . He died in the vigor of his age ; mar- ried , and , as I fear , poor . The too frequent story of a man of genius . III . AUTHORS ASSOCIATED WITH PLACES . THOMAS NOEL . 24 RECOLLECTIONS OF.
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