The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 36Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1822 |
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... peaceful and devoted life of the amiable writer , during his residence at Huntingdon , and this melancholy accident which occasioned his removal to a distant country . About this time he added to the number of his LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
... peaceful and devoted life of the amiable writer , during his residence at Huntingdon , and this melancholy accident which occasioned his removal to a distant country . About this time he added to the number of his LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
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... distant period , but whether from want of proper representation of his situation , or from forgetfulness , this nobleman's interest was employed when too late for the purpose which Cowper's friends hoped to promote . It will be ...
... distant period , but whether from want of proper representation of his situation , or from forgetfulness , this nobleman's interest was employed when too late for the purpose which Cowper's friends hoped to promote . It will be ...
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... distant , where the house provided for him was more sequestered and commodious . Here , too , he had access to the society of Mr. Throck- morton , a gentleman of fortune in that neighbour- hood , whose family had for some time studied ...
... distant , where the house provided for him was more sequestered and commodious . Here , too , he had access to the society of Mr. Throck- morton , a gentleman of fortune in that neighbour- hood , whose family had for some time studied ...
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... distant plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential ...
... distant plain ? No. His high mettle , under good control , Gives him Olympic speed , and shoots him to the goal . Let Discipline employ her wholesome arts ; Let magistrates alert perform their parts , Not skulk or put on a prudential ...
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... distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath press'd down , Obduracy takes place ; callous and ...
... distant shores ; The standards of all nations are unfurl'd ; She has one foe , and that one foe the world . And , if he doom that people with a frown , And mark them with a seal of wrath press'd down , Obduracy takes place ; callous and ...
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