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Side xi
... his fitness by an examination at the bar of the House ; and this circumstance conjured up all his former fears and alarm . His own powerful pen shall again describe the horrible gloom that now enveloped a mind naturally WILLIAM COWPER . xi.
... his fitness by an examination at the bar of the House ; and this circumstance conjured up all his former fears and alarm . His own powerful pen shall again describe the horrible gloom that now enveloped a mind naturally WILLIAM COWPER . xi.
Side xxx
... fear of shaking his nerves by the introduction of strangers , induced his friends to repress such curiosity . A Mr Rose , from Scotland , an enthusiastic admirer of " The Task , " and of its author , was very properly made an exception ...
... fear of shaking his nerves by the introduction of strangers , induced his friends to repress such curiosity . A Mr Rose , from Scotland , an enthusiastic admirer of " The Task , " and of its author , was very properly made an exception ...
Side xxxv
... fears of dropsy . Very soon their apprehensions were but too accurately verified . By the month of March , the symptoms of that fatal distemper , were quite un- equivocal . Mr Rose , whose visits had so often dis- pelled , for a season ...
... fears of dropsy . Very soon their apprehensions were but too accurately verified . By the month of March , the symptoms of that fatal distemper , were quite un- equivocal . Mr Rose , whose visits had so often dis- pelled , for a season ...
Side 4
... fear , And praised for virtues , that they scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the ...
... fear , And praised for virtues , that they scorn to wear , The fleeting forms of majesty engage Respect , while stalking o'er life's narrow stage ; Then leave their crimes for history to scan , And ask , with busy scorn , Was this the ...
Side 5
... fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the ...
... fear . A. Thus men , whose thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the ...
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