The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... stand- ing as a scholar . He loved the usual schoolboy sports , espe- cially cricket and football . He loved still better the solitary rambles , which holidays permitted him , into the country , where the future author of " The Task ...
... stand- ing as a scholar . He loved the usual schoolboy sports , espe- cially cricket and football . He loved still better the solitary rambles , which holidays permitted him , into the country , where the future author of " The Task ...
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... stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you so — say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty ...
... stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you so — say , rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - ennobling thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty ...
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... stand or fall . 100 B. True . While they live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; 111 1 ' Quevedo : ' there is no such passage in the original Spanish . It has pro- bably been added by a ...
... stand or fall . 100 B. True . While they live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; 111 1 ' Quevedo : ' there is no such passage in the original Spanish . It has pro- bably been added by a ...
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... standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; - If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , Even when he labours for his ...
... standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majesty looks on ; - If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , Even when he labours for his ...
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... standing still , Or doing nothing with a deal of skill ; Generals , who will not conquer when they may , Firm friends to peace , to pleasure , and good pay ; When Freedom wounded almost to despair , Though Discontent alone can find out ...
... standing still , Or doing nothing with a deal of skill ; Generals , who will not conquer when they may , Firm friends to peace , to pleasure , and good pay ; When Freedom wounded almost to despair , Though Discontent alone can find out ...
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