A Selection from the Works of William Wordsworth, Poet LaureateEdward Moxon & Company, 1865 - 279 pages |
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... " ministering " function of women , to soothe , sustain , and moderate , may confer its most peculiar blessings ; and , more happy than his great predecessors , these blessings fell from Heaven upon Wordsworth exactly xii PREFACE.
... " ministering " function of women , to soothe , sustain , and moderate , may confer its most peculiar blessings ; and , more happy than his great predecessors , these blessings fell from Heaven upon Wordsworth exactly xii PREFACE.
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... happy . " " Profusion and ex- travagance had no hold over Wordsworth , " says Mr. De Quincey , " by any one passion or taste . He was not luxurious in anything , was not vain or even careful of external appearances , was not even in the ...
... happy . " " Profusion and ex- travagance had no hold over Wordsworth , " says Mr. De Quincey , " by any one passion or taste . He was not luxurious in anything , was not vain or even careful of external appearances , was not even in the ...
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... happy happier ; to teach the young and the gracious of every age to see , to think and feel , and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous : this is their office . " And again , " There is scarcely one which does not aim ...
... happy happier ; to teach the young and the gracious of every age to see , to think and feel , and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous : this is their office . " And again , " There is scarcely one which does not aim ...
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... , by the faithful study of his poetry , that a true image of what he was , by a happy natural growth , will form itself within the heart of the reader . F. T. PALGRAVE SEP .: 1865 1 PREFACE . • CONTENTS . PAGE iii I 2 PREFACE xxi.
... , by the faithful study of his poetry , that a true image of what he was , by a happy natural growth , will form itself within the heart of the reader . F. T. PALGRAVE SEP .: 1865 1 PREFACE . • CONTENTS . PAGE iii I 2 PREFACE xxi.
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... HAPPY WARRIOR EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY THE TABLES TURNED PERSONAL TALK GLEN - ALMAIN 102 102 IIO 127 144 147 · 150 152 • 153 156 • · MEMORIAL INCIDENT AT BRUGES DISSOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH MONASTERIES MUTABILITY • 158 159 161 161 INSIDE ...
... HAPPY WARRIOR EXPOSTULATION AND REPLY THE TABLES TURNED PERSONAL TALK GLEN - ALMAIN 102 102 IIO 127 144 147 · 150 152 • 153 156 • · MEMORIAL INCIDENT AT BRUGES DISSOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH MONASTERIES MUTABILITY • 158 159 161 161 INSIDE ...
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