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... verse and prose : - Ode to Tragedy , 1761 ; Elegy on the Death of a Young Lady , with Commendatory Letters , 1761 ; Letters between Hon . Andrew Erskine and James Boswell , 1763 ; An Account of Corsica , and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli ...
... verse and prose : - Ode to Tragedy , 1761 ; Elegy on the Death of a Young Lady , with Commendatory Letters , 1761 ; Letters between Hon . Andrew Erskine and James Boswell , 1763 ; An Account of Corsica , and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli ...
Pagina 16
... verse to add more harmony . ' " The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and , of late years particularly , injured his happiness , by presenting to ...
... verse to add more harmony . ' " The above little verses also shew that superstitious bias which grew with his growth , and strengthened with his strength , ' and , of late years particularly , injured his happiness , by presenting to ...
Pagina 20
... verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he im- proved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he ...
... verses , which , after a little pause , he repeated verbatim , varying only one epithet , by which he im- proved the line . He never joined with the other boys in their ordinary diversions : his only amusement was in winter , when he ...
Pagina 24
... verse receive my fair , Warm with an ardent lover's fondest pray'r . May this returning day for ever find Thy form more lovely , more adorn'd thy mind ; All pains , all cares , may favouring heav'n remove , All but the sweet solicitudes ...
... verse receive my fair , Warm with an ardent lover's fondest pray'r . May this returning day for ever find Thy form more lovely , more adorn'd thy mind ; All pains , all cares , may favouring heav'n remove , All but the sweet solicitudes ...
Pagina 28
... verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the ...
... verses . His figure and manner appeared strange to them ; but he behaved modestly , and sat silent , till upon something which occurred in the course of conversation , he suddenly struck in and quoted Macrobius ; and thus he gave the ...
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