The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Hours of IdlenessBaynes and Son, 1824 - 446 pages |
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... mind chiefly upon works of fiction , and subjects of fancy ; and , by indulging some peculiar habits of thought , was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature , and to which the mind is ...
... mind chiefly upon works of fiction , and subjects of fancy ; and , by indulging some peculiar habits of thought , was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature , and to which the mind is ...
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... mind not deficient in fire , nor unfurnished with knowledge either of books or life , but somewhat ob- structed in its progress by deviation in quest of mistaken beauties . ' His morals were pure , and his opinions pious : in a long ...
... mind not deficient in fire , nor unfurnished with knowledge either of books or life , but somewhat ob- structed in its progress by deviation in quest of mistaken beauties . ' His morals were pure , and his opinions pious : in a long ...
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... mind , but general laxity and feebleness , a deficiency rather of his vital than intellectual powers . What he spoke wanted neither judg . ment nor spirit ; but a few minutes exhausted him , so that he was forced to rest upon the couch ...
... mind , but general laxity and feebleness , a deficiency rather of his vital than intellectual powers . What he spoke wanted neither judg . ment nor spirit ; but a few minutes exhausted him , so that he was forced to rest upon the couch ...
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... faith to strong poetic powers , Who , in reviving Reason's lucid hours , Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest , And rightly deem'd the book of God the best . STANZAS , WRITTEN BY SCOTT , OF AMWELL , ON LIFE OF COLLINS . 7.
... faith to strong poetic powers , Who , in reviving Reason's lucid hours , Sought on one book his troubled mind to rest , And rightly deem'd the book of God the best . STANZAS , WRITTEN BY SCOTT , OF AMWELL , ON LIFE OF COLLINS . 7.
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... mind . When sweet and blushing , like a virgin bride , The radiant morn resumed her orient pride ; When wanton gales along the valleys play , Breathe on each flower , and bear their sweets away ; By Tigris ' wand'ring waves he sat , and ...
... mind . When sweet and blushing , like a virgin bride , The radiant morn resumed her orient pride ; When wanton gales along the valleys play , Breathe on each flower , and bear their sweets away ; By Tigris ' wand'ring waves he sat , and ...
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