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... the Frith of Forth in a ferry - boat , they proposed to beguile the time by writing a number of verses on a given subject , and that at the end of an hour's hard study , they found they had produced only six lines between them .
... the Frith of Forth in a ferry - boat , they proposed to beguile the time by writing a number of verses on a given subject , and that at the end of an hour's hard study , they found they had produced only six lines between them .
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The author of the Pleasures of Memory polishes his lines till they sparkle with the most exquisite finish ; he attenuates them into the utmost degree of trembling softness : but we may complain , in spite of the delicacy and brilliancy ...
The author of the Pleasures of Memory polishes his lines till they sparkle with the most exquisite finish ; he attenuates them into the utmost degree of trembling softness : but we may complain , in spite of the delicacy and brilliancy ...
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... ill - executed design , or who endeavours to wear out patience and opposition together by a load of lumbering , feeble , awkward , improgressive lines -- on the contrary , Mr. Campbell labours to lend every grace of execution to his ...
... ill - executed design , or who endeavours to wear out patience and opposition together by a load of lumbering , feeble , awkward , improgressive lines -- on the contrary , Mr. Campbell labours to lend every grace of execution to his ...
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There are moments in our lives so exquisite that all that remains of them afterwards seems useless and barren ; and there are lines and stanzas in our author's early writings in which he may be thought to have exhausted all the ...
There are moments in our lives so exquisite that all that remains of them afterwards seems useless and barren ; and there are lines and stanzas in our author's early writings in which he may be thought to have exhausted all the ...
Сторінка 191
Pleasure is “ scattered in stray - gifts o'er the earth ” -beauty streaks the “ famous poet's page ” in occasional lines of inconceivable brightness ; and wherever this is the case , no splenetic jealous leer malign , ” no idle theories ...
Pleasure is “ scattered in stray - gifts o'er the earth ” -beauty streaks the “ famous poet's page ” in occasional lines of inconceivable brightness ; and wherever this is the case , no splenetic jealous leer malign , ” no idle theories ...
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