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It would have been hence a peculiar pleasure and pride to dedicate what I have
endeavoured to make a true national Anthology of three centuries to Henry
Hallam . But he is beyond the reach of any human tokens of love and reverence ;
and I ...
It would have been hence a peculiar pleasure and pride to dedicate what I have
endeavoured to make a true national Anthology of three centuries to Henry
Hallam . But he is beyond the reach of any human tokens of love and reverence ;
and I ...
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Permit me then to inscribe to yourself a book which , I hope , may be found by
many a lifelong fountain of innocent and exalted pleasure ; a source of animation
to friends when they meet ; and able to sweeten solitude itself with best society ...
Permit me then to inscribe to yourself a book which , I hope , may be found by
many a lifelong fountain of innocent and exalted pleasure ; a source of animation
to friends when they meet ; and able to sweeten solitude itself with best society ...
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A rigidly chronological sequence , however , rather fits a collection aiming at
instruction than at pleasure , and the Wisdom which comes through Pleasure : —
within each book the pieces have therefore been arranged in gradations of
feeling or ...
A rigidly chronological sequence , however , rather fits a collection aiming at
instruction than at pleasure , and the Wisdom which comes through Pleasure : —
within each book the pieces have therefore been arranged in gradations of
feeling or ...
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... which render their works , although never perhaps attaining that loftier and
finer excellence here required , -better worth reading than much of what fills the
scanty hours that most men spare for self - improvement , or for pleasure in any of
its ...
... which render their works , although never perhaps attaining that loftier and
finer excellence here required , -better worth reading than much of what fills the
scanty hours that most men spare for self - improvement , or for pleasure in any of
its ...
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Come live with me and be my Love , And we will all the pleasures prove That hills
and valleys , dale and field , And all the craggy mountains yield . There will we sit
upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks , By shallow rivers , to ...
Come live with me and be my Love , And we will all the pleasures prove That hills
and valleys , dale and field , And all the craggy mountains yield . There will we sit
upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks , By shallow rivers , to ...
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Пользовательский отзыв - chibitika - LibraryThingEnglish poetry from the 1500's through the 1800's. Dedicated to Alfred Tennyson, Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland from 1850-1892. It has end notes with lots of extra information, an index of ... Читать весь отзыв
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Полный просмотр - 1863 |
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