The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith, and Gray: With Memoirs of the AuthorsT. Nelson and sons, 1870 - 445 Seiten |
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... given me any talent for languages , or if she had , that Greek was not included in her catalogue . " I spoke my feelings to the professor , and added , that as yet I had acquired nothing . " You are mistaken , ' said the professor ...
... given me any talent for languages , or if she had , that Greek was not included in her catalogue . " I spoke my feelings to the professor , and added , that as yet I had acquired nothing . " You are mistaken , ' said the professor ...
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... given to him , as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow . " Campbell was at this time in his nineteenth year , his educa- tion completed according to the requirements of a Scottish university , but without any of the special ...
... given to him , as Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow . " Campbell was at this time in his nineteenth year , his educa- tion completed according to the requirements of a Scottish university , but without any of the special ...
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... fondest hopes that affection could suggest ; but before he reached maturity , reason had given way , and the later years of his father were embittered by the necessity of consigning him to an asylum Life of Campbell . 29.
... fondest hopes that affection could suggest ; but before he reached maturity , reason had given way , and the later years of his father were embittered by the necessity of consigning him to an asylum Life of Campbell . 29.
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... given way under the severe pressure of cares and anxieties , speedily recovered with the happy change in his affairs , and the year 1805 , which at its dawn had seemed clouded with threatening storms , closed in bright sunshine , with ...
... given way under the severe pressure of cares and anxieties , speedily recovered with the happy change in his affairs , and the year 1805 , which at its dawn had seemed clouded with threatening storms , closed in bright sunshine , with ...
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... given to Wilson , the provost and magistrates met to discuss the question , whether John Wilson and Tammas ' Campbell should be offered the high honour of being made burgesses of the town . There were four for us , and five against us ...
... given to Wilson , the provost and magistrates met to discuss the question , whether John Wilson and Tammas ' Campbell should be offered the high honour of being made burgesses of the town . There were four for us , and five against us ...
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amidst Argyleshire arms battle beauty beneath bless blest bliss blood bloom bosom bower brave breast breath bright brother brow Campbell charms child clime cried Culdee dark dear death deep dreadful dream e'en Edinburgh England fair fame fate father fire flower GERTRUDE OF WYOMING Glasgow Goldsmith grave grief hand hath heart Heaven honour Hope hour Indian Innisfail Julius Cæsar land life's light Lochiel lonely look Lord Loxian lyre Margaret of Anjou mind morn mourn Muse native Nature's never night numbers o'er ODIN OLIVER GOLDSMITH pale peace Pindar pleasure poem Poet pride rapture round scene scorn Scythia shade shipwrecked coast shore sigh sire smile song sorrow soul spirit star Stoops to Conquer storm sweet sword tears tempests thee Theodric thine thou thought tomb trembling Twas wave weep wild youth
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Seite 288 - I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Seite 286 - Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn: Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the whole domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain.
Seite 383 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Seite 399 - He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.
Seite 382 - But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage. And froze the genial current of the soul.
Seite 284 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round...
Seite 293 - There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew ; Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Seite 238 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many.; I have fully glutted my vengeance.
Seite 290 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Seite 331 - And curs of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends ; But when a pique- began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around, from all the...