The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... perhaps as slight an available ground of defence , that they were the product of his moments of spleen and indignation , when he desired to exhibit humanity at a level below itself , correspondent with that to which , from the higher ...
... perhaps as slight an available ground of defence , that they were the product of his moments of spleen and indignation , when he desired to exhibit humanity at a level below itself , correspondent with that to which , from the higher ...
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... subject of their chat . And while they toss my name about , With favour some , and some without ; One , quite indifferent in the cause , My character , impartial draws . * * * " Perhaps I may allow the Dean Had too much 12 SWIFT .
... subject of their chat . And while they toss my name about , With favour some , and some without ; One , quite indifferent in the cause , My character , impartial draws . * * * " Perhaps I may allow the Dean Had too much 12 SWIFT .
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Samuel Carter Hall. " Perhaps I may allow the Dean Had too much satire in his vein , And seem'd determin'd not to starve it , Because no age could more deserve it . Yet malice never was his aim ; He lash'd the vice , but spar'd the name ...
Samuel Carter Hall. " Perhaps I may allow the Dean Had too much satire in his vein , And seem'd determin'd not to starve it , Because no age could more deserve it . Yet malice never was his aim ; He lash'd the vice , but spar'd the name ...
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... any intellectual circle , without a feeling that the gratitude and reverence paid to it , though perhaps involuntarily , are not unjustly paid . • ADDISON . How has kind Heaven adorn'd the happy 16 JOSEPH ADDISON . ADDISON.
... any intellectual circle , without a feeling that the gratitude and reverence paid to it , though perhaps involuntarily , are not unjustly paid . • ADDISON . How has kind Heaven adorn'd the happy 16 JOSEPH ADDISON . ADDISON.
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... perhaps possess merit sufficient to establish the name of the writer among the highest order of British Poets ; -but they are the productions of a healthy mind , a sound judgment , and a discriminating taste ; and the versification is ...
... perhaps possess merit sufficient to establish the name of the writer among the highest order of British Poets ; -but they are the productions of a healthy mind , a sound judgment , and a discriminating taste ; and the versification is ...
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