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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ... - Page 599
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 776 pages
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood ; 'I'ii' us dissolv'd ; and forth In order came the grand infernal...of Heav'n, nor less Than Hell's dread emperor with circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ...

William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...village-Hampden, that with dauntless breast Tbe little Tyrant of his fields withstood ; Th' applanse of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbad to wade...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...charms Shone with attraction to herself unknown ; Whose beauty might have blessed a monarch's arms, Th' applause of listening senates to command, The...eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone 65 Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne,...
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The Poetical Works

Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...withstood, . Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest: Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood* The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling...
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The American Reader: Containing Extracts Suited to Excite a Love of Science ...

George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...withstood, Some mute, inglorious Milton, here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's bloods The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, — Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, — The...history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd, alone, Their growing virtues, — but their crimes confm'd; Forbade to wade thro' slaughter...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates to command, The threats...alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ;• Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling...
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The North American Review, Volume 29

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1829 - 618 pages
...Some village Hampdcn, with his dauntless breast, ****** Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. -Th'...land, And read their history in a nation's eyes,' does ' their lot ' forbid it ? No ; but their minds do not grasp it. We speak with feelings at the...
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Oeuvres completes de M. J. Chenier: precedees de notices ..., Volume 3

Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. The' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes. Mais, perçant du tombeau l'éternelle retraite, Des chants raniment-ils la poussière muette? La flatterie...
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