The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose and PoetryEdwin Almiron Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford |
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... feel Thy words to comfort my distressed soul ! Leave me a while to ponder on my sins . Old Man . I go , sweet Faustus ; but with heavy cheer , Fearing the ruin of thy hopeless soul . [ Exit . Faust . Accursed Faustus , where is mercy ...
... feel Thy words to comfort my distressed soul ! Leave me a while to ponder on my sins . Old Man . I go , sweet Faustus ; but with heavy cheer , Fearing the ruin of thy hopeless soul . [ Exit . Faust . Accursed Faustus , where is mercy ...
Page 13
... feeling of their masters ' thoughts , And every sweetness that inspir'd their hearts , Their minds , and muses on ... feel the lovely warmth of shepherds ' flames , And mask in cottages of strowed reeds , Shall give the world to note ...
... feeling of their masters ' thoughts , And every sweetness that inspir'd their hearts , Their minds , and muses on ... feel the lovely warmth of shepherds ' flames , And mask in cottages of strowed reeds , Shall give the world to note ...
Page 120
... feel an irresistible impulse to cultivate the friendship of him who , despising the prejudices and false conceptions of the vulgar , dares to think , to speak , and to be that which the highest wisdom has in every age taught to be the ...
... feel an irresistible impulse to cultivate the friendship of him who , despising the prejudices and false conceptions of the vulgar , dares to think , to speak , and to be that which the highest wisdom has in every age taught to be the ...
Page 127
... feel the recollection a treas- ured store of tranquillity and delight . But , if the choice were necessary , I would , sir , prefer my blindness to yours ; yours is a cloud spread over the mind , which darkens both the light of reason ...
... feel the recollection a treas- ured store of tranquillity and delight . But , if the choice were necessary , I would , sir , prefer my blindness to yours ; yours is a cloud spread over the mind , which darkens both the light of reason ...
Page 133
... feel Strength undiminished , or eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? " Whereto with speedy words the Arch- Fiend replied : - 160 " Fallen Cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering : but of this be sure- To do aught ...
... feel Strength undiminished , or eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? " Whereto with speedy words the Arch- Fiend replied : - 160 " Fallen Cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering : but of this be sure- To do aught ...
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