A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms : Designed as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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... Human Greatness . 196 SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT .. 231 Poet Laureate , what ? ( note ) . 231 WILLIAM HABINGTON . 197 Gondibert , its story .... 232 To Castara ... 198 Character and Love of Birtha ....... 233 The Vanity of Avarice .. 198 Song ...
... Human Greatness . 196 SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT .. 231 Poet Laureate , what ? ( note ) . 231 WILLIAM HABINGTON . 197 Gondibert , its story .... 232 To Castara ... 198 Character and Love of Birtha ....... 233 The Vanity of Avarice .. 198 Song ...
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... Human Character ... 333 We are Happy or Miserable by Com- Desire of Approbation 334 parison 289 Character of Sir Matthew Hale 334 On Prayer ....... 289 Theological Controversies .. .... 336 Of Faith and Works . 290 Sedulity and ...
... Human Character ... 333 We are Happy or Miserable by Com- Desire of Approbation 334 parison 289 Character of Sir Matthew Hale 334 On Prayer ....... 289 Theological Controversies .. .... 336 Of Faith and Works . 290 Sedulity and ...
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... human kind :) ' As thou these ashes , little brook , wilt bear Into the Avon - Avon to the tide Of Severn - Severn to the narrow seas- Into main ocean they - this deed accurst , An emblem yields to friends and enemies , How the bold ...
... human kind :) ' As thou these ashes , little brook , wilt bear Into the Avon - Avon to the tide Of Severn - Severn to the narrow seas- Into main ocean they - this deed accurst , An emblem yields to friends and enemies , How the bold ...
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... human nature of no com mon beauty . The poet , in a vision , sees a temple of glass , on the walls of which are displayed in portraitures the history of Æneas , abridged from Virgil . After looking around him , he sees aloft , " fast by ...
... human nature of no com mon beauty . The poet , in a vision , sees a temple of glass , on the walls of which are displayed in portraitures the history of Æneas , abridged from Virgil . After looking around him , he sees aloft , " fast by ...
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... human nature , is more practiced by men than any sort of beasts : and they , against the custom of almost all other nations , think that there is nothing more inglorious than that glory which is gained by war . They would be both ...
... human nature , is more practiced by men than any sort of beasts : and they , against the custom of almost all other nations , think that there is nothing more inglorious than that glory which is gained by war . They would be both ...
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admirable beauty Ben Jonson better blessing born breath called Castara character Chaucer Christian church death delight divine doth earth Edinburgh Review England English English language English Poetry excellent eyes Faerie Queene fair fame fancy father fear flowers fortune genius Giles Fletcher give grace hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven holy honor hope human king labor lady language learning light live look Lord Lycidas Milton mind moral Muse nature never night noble o'er Paradise Lost passion PHINEAS FLETCHER pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise prince prose Queen religion rich Roger Ascham says shade Shakspeare Sir Patrick Spens song soon soul spirit style sweet taste tears tell thee things Thomas Warton thou thought tion true truth unto verse virtue William Davenant words writings