Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and PeopleHarper, 1862 - 558 էջ |
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Արդյունքներ 53–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... , nor gloomy fear . What though no grant of royal donors With pompous titles grace our blood ? We'll shine in more substantial honors , And to be noble we'll be good . Our name , while virtue thus we tender , Shall A LITERARY LIFE . 13.
... , nor gloomy fear . What though no grant of royal donors With pompous titles grace our blood ? We'll shine in more substantial honors , And to be noble we'll be good . Our name , while virtue thus we tender , Shall A LITERARY LIFE . 13.
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... grace and sentiment . A lover sings it to his mistress . ' Tis not for love of gold I go , ' Tis not for love of fame ; Though fortune may her smile bestow , And I may win a name , Ailleen ; And I may win a name . And yet it is for gold ...
... grace and sentiment . A lover sings it to his mistress . ' Tis not for love of gold I go , ' Tis not for love of fame ; Though fortune may her smile bestow , And I may win a name , Ailleen ; And I may win a name . And yet it is for gold ...
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... grace , the finish , and the clearness which his verse too often wants . That there is one cry which pervades them - vanity of vanities ! all is vanity ! —that there is an almost ostentatious longing for ob- scurity and retirement , may ...
... grace , the finish , and the clearness which his verse too often wants . That there is one cry which pervades them - vanity of vanities ! all is vanity ! —that there is an almost ostentatious longing for ob- scurity and retirement , may ...
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... grace , spirit , and delicacy , will never be surpassed . OF SOLITUDE . Hail , old patrician trees , so great and good ! Hail , ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice , And for their quiet nests and plenteous food , Pay ...
... grace , spirit , and delicacy , will never be surpassed . OF SOLITUDE . Hail , old patrician trees , so great and good ! Hail , ye plebeian underwood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice , And for their quiet nests and plenteous food , Pay ...
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... grace and melody enchant the young ; the unaffected and all - pervading piety satisfy the serious ; and a certain slight touch of mysticism carries the imaginative reader fairly off his feet . For my 62 RECOLLECTIONS OF VI AMERICAN ...
... grace and melody enchant the young ; the unaffected and all - pervading piety satisfy the serious ; and a certain slight touch of mysticism carries the imaginative reader fairly off his feet . For my 62 RECOLLECTIONS OF VI AMERICAN ...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or Books, Places and People Mary Russell Mitford Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People Mary Russell Mitford Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1852 |
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