The English Essay and EssayistJ. M. Dent & sons, Limited, 1934 - 343 pages |
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Page 35
... death before the book was published , but there is fair ground for concluding that it was put together within a short time after his death , and that not only the substance but a good deal of the phrase- ology is to be ascribed to ...
... death before the book was published , but there is fair ground for concluding that it was put together within a short time after his death , and that not only the substance but a good deal of the phrase- ology is to be ascribed to ...
Page 67
... Death be one ) private complaints cannot be heard : With so many royal palaces , it is no loss to see thy poor cabin burn . Shall the heavens stay their ever - rolling wheels ( for what is the motion of them but the motion of a swift ...
... Death be one ) private complaints cannot be heard : With so many royal palaces , it is no loss to see thy poor cabin burn . Shall the heavens stay their ever - rolling wheels ( for what is the motion of them but the motion of a swift ...
Page 79
... death must be the Lucina of life , and even Pagans could doubt , whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right de- scensions , and makes but winter arches , and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down in ...
... death must be the Lucina of life , and even Pagans could doubt , whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right de- scensions , and makes but winter arches , and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down in ...
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