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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ... - Page 219
by Lindley Murray - 1825 - 299 lehte
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 476 lehte
...God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to shew my book-le.irn'd skill, Around my fire an evemng group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all...
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Works, 11. köide

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 lehte
...and God has giv'n my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...repose ; I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amid the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 lehte
...my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down j To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep...repose ; I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amid the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of...
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

1851 - 496 lehte
...God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from-was&Va^mj still had hopes, for pride attends us still, midst the swains to show my book-learn'd...
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Traditions and Reminiscences, Chiefly of the American Revolution in the ...

Joseph Johnson - 1851 - 620 lehte
...collections to any who may have a curiosity to know some of the past events. *" I still had hopes ****** Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I heard — of all I saw." — GOLDSMITH. My children, too, may have some curiosity to hear the traditions...
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Studies from the English Poets

George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 lehte
...God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, 85 Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learu'd skill, oo Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw...
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Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., 2. köide

1852 - 372 lehte
...still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down, To husband ont life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all !! felt, of all I saw...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 lehte
...and God has given my share, I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw ;...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 lehte
...and God has given my share, I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the...attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw;...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - 1853 - 446 lehte
...and God has given my share — I still had hopes my latest years to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the...pride attends us still,) Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw....
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