Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1Garland Pub., 1970 - English literature |
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Page 121
... sorrow is always offensive ; in the scene , therefore , sacred to departed genius , or friendship , the utmost sim- plicity should reign ; sequestered and free from interruption , nothing should appear to attract the steps of the ...
... sorrow is always offensive ; in the scene , therefore , sacred to departed genius , or friendship , the utmost sim- plicity should reign ; sequestered and free from interruption , nothing should appear to attract the steps of the ...
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... sorrow , magnanimity or revenge at pleasure , and from the reliques of their genius we now possess , it must be affirmed , that they were imbued with the genuine spirit of poetic enthusiasm . But during the eighth , ninth and tenth ...
... sorrow , magnanimity or revenge at pleasure , and from the reliques of their genius we now possess , it must be affirmed , that they were imbued with the genuine spirit of poetic enthusiasm . But during the eighth , ninth and tenth ...
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... sorrow , and display'd The workings of a mind , where mercy seem'd Stuggling to reconcile some mortal wrong To pardon and forbearance : Such a look Made silence sacred , every tongue was mute ; E'en Peter's zeal forbore the vent of ...
... sorrow , and display'd The workings of a mind , where mercy seem'd Stuggling to reconcile some mortal wrong To pardon and forbearance : Such a look Made silence sacred , every tongue was mute ; E'en Peter's zeal forbore the vent of ...
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