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 ... : Designed as a Text-book for the Highest Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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... Night . 202 BEN JONSON ..... 172 Cupid . 172 Hymn to Cynthia . 173 Prose Writings .. 173 Directions for Writing well 173 203 Burns's Opinion of Happiness , ( note ) 203 Pleasure of Study and Contemplation 204 RICHARD LOVELACE The Sight ...
... Night . 202 BEN JONSON ..... 172 Cupid . 172 Hymn to Cynthia . 173 Prose Writings .. 173 Directions for Writing well 173 203 Burns's Opinion of Happiness , ( note ) 203 Pleasure of Study and Contemplation 204 RICHARD LOVELACE The Sight ...
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... Night Thoughts , 499 the Value of Time , & c .. 556 500 Man's Resolutions to Reform 559 501 Life and Death ... 559 502 Dying Rich .. 559 502 Society necessary for Happiness . 560 503 Insufficiency of Genius and Station The Sabbath . 503 ...
... Night Thoughts , 499 the Value of Time , & c .. 556 500 Man's Resolutions to Reform 559 501 Life and Death ... 559 502 Dying Rich .. 559 502 Society necessary for Happiness . 560 503 Insufficiency of Genius and Station The Sabbath . 503 ...
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... Night - Piece . 629 The Bible ... 697 Scenery of the Alps .. 631 An Ode ....... 697 History of a Poet's Garden 631 Description of Milton's Residence ..... 698 All cannot be Poets . 634 ROBERT BURNS ..... 700 DAVID HUME 635 Professor ...
... Night - Piece . 629 The Bible ... 697 Scenery of the Alps .. 631 An Ode ....... 697 History of a Poet's Garden 631 Description of Milton's Residence ..... 698 All cannot be Poets . 634 ROBERT BURNS ..... 700 DAVID HUME 635 Professor ...
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... night with open eye , So pricketh them natúre in their couráges , " Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages , And palmers for to seeken strangé strands , To servé hallows8 couth9 in sundry lands ; And ' specially from every shiré's end Of ...
... night with open eye , So pricketh them natúre in their couráges , " Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages , And palmers for to seeken strangé strands , To servé hallows8 couth9 in sundry lands ; And ' specially from every shiré's end Of ...
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... night was come into that hostelry Well nine - and - twenty in a company Of sundry folk , by áventure yfall In fellowship , and pilgrims were they all That toward Canterbury woulden ride . The chambers and the stables weren wide , 3 And ...
... night was come into that hostelry Well nine - and - twenty in a company Of sundry folk , by áventure yfall In fellowship , and pilgrims were they all That toward Canterbury woulden ride . The chambers and the stables weren wide , 3 And ...
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