The Poetical Works of William CowperBell and Daldy, 1825 - 611 pages |
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... were such as gave him a permanent dislike to the system of public education . Soon after his leaving Westminster , he was articled to a solicitor in London for three years ; but so far from studying the A 2 THE LIFE ...
... were such as gave him a permanent dislike to the system of public education . Soon after his leaving Westminster , he was articled to a solicitor in London for three years ; but so far from studying the A 2 THE LIFE ...
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... soon falls into a serious strain of rural description , intermixed with moral sentiments and portraitures , which is preserved through the six books , freely ranging from thought to thought with no perceptible method . For the purpose ...
... soon falls into a serious strain of rural description , intermixed with moral sentiments and portraitures , which is preserved through the six books , freely ranging from thought to thought with no perceptible method . For the purpose ...
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... soon wbiten all the land . There from the sun - burnt hay - field bomeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The boorisb driver leaning o'er his team Vocif'rous , and ...
... soon wbiten all the land . There from the sun - burnt hay - field bomeward creeps The loaded wain ; while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The boorisb driver leaning o'er his team Vocif'rous , and ...
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... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The pow'rs of fancy and strong thoughts are theirs ; Ev'n age itself seems privileg'd in them With clear exemption from it's own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran ...
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The pow'rs of fancy and strong thoughts are theirs ; Ev'n age itself seems privileg'd in them With clear exemption from it's own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The vet'ran ...
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... soon it's healthful hue ; His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires ; He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of ev'ry breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endur'd A fever's agonies , and fed ...
... soon it's healthful hue ; His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires ; He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of ev'ry breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endur'd A fever's agonies , and fed ...
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