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... father , v . 430 , vi . 672 . In Holland , at the Hague , Leyden , Amsterdam , v . 339–345 . In correspondence with the Duke of Somerset , about becoming Tutor to his son , v . 340-343 . Elected Member of the Kit - cat Club immediately ...
... father , v . 430 , vi . 672 . In Holland , at the Hague , Leyden , Amsterdam , v . 339–345 . In correspondence with the Duke of Somerset , about becoming Tutor to his son , v . 340-343 . Elected Member of the Kit - cat Club immediately ...
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... father , who was of the county of Westmore- land , and educated at Queen's College in Oxford , passed many years in his travels through Europe and Africa , where he joined , to the uncommon and excellent talents of nature , a great ...
... father , who was of the county of Westmore- land , and educated at Queen's College in Oxford , passed many years in his travels through Europe and Africa , where he joined , to the uncommon and excellent talents of nature , a great ...
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... young , the largest is An Account of the greatest English Poets ; in the close of which he insinuates a design ae then had of going into holy orders , to which he was strongly importuned by his father . His remarkable serious . iv PREFACE .
... young , the largest is An Account of the greatest English Poets ; in the close of which he insinuates a design ae then had of going into holy orders , to which he was strongly importuned by his father . His remarkable serious . iv PREFACE .
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Joseph Addison Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn. strongly importuned by his father . His remarkable serious . ness and modesty , which might have been urged as powerful reasons for his choosing that life , proved the chief obstacles to it ...
Joseph Addison Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn. strongly importuned by his father . His remarkable serious . ness and modesty , which might have been urged as powerful reasons for his choosing that life , proved the chief obstacles to it ...
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... fathers ' triumphs o'er again ; Fired , when they hear how Agincourt was strowed With Gallic corps , and Cressi swam in blood , With eager warmth they fight , ambitious all Who first shall storm the breach , or mount the wall . In vain ...
... fathers ' triumphs o'er again ; Fired , when they hear how Agincourt was strowed With Gallic corps , and Cressi swam in blood , With eager warmth they fight , ambitious all Who first shall storm the breach , or mount the wall . In vain ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.