The Miscellaneous Works, in Prose and Verse, of George Hardinge ...

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J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1818
 

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Strana 261 - When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.
Strana 244 - It is long since that I heard you were gone in haste into Yorkshire on account of your mother's illness, and the same letter informed me that she was recovered, otherwise I had then wrote to you only to beg you would take care of her, and to inform you that I had discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have any more than a single mother You may think this is obvious, and (what you call) a trite observation.
Strana 244 - I had discovered a thing very little known, which is, that in one's whole life one can never have any more than a single mother. You may think this is obvious, and (what you call) a trite observation. You are a green gosling ! I was at the same age (very near) as wise as you, and yet I never discovered this (with full evidence and conviction I mean) till it was too late. It is thirteen years ago, and seems but as yesterday, and every day I live it sinks deeper into my heart...
Strana 418 - ME SI VA NE LA CITTA DOLENTE, PER ME SI VA NE L'ETTERNO DOLORE, PER ME SI VA TRA LA PERDUTA GENTE.
Strana 261 - Yet enter'd in the brick-built town,* he tried The tomb, and found the strait dimensions wide. Death only this mysterious truth unfolds, The mighty soul how small a body holds.
Strana 305 - Convinc'd, o'erjoy'd, his studied thanks and praise, To her who made the miracle, he pays : Then lips to lips he join'd ; now freed from fear, He found the savour of the kiss sincere : At this the waken'd image op'd her eyes, And view'd at once the light and lover, with surprise.
Strana 190 - Parted once — the fair and brave, Meet again — but in their grave : — » She, was Nature's brightest flower, Struck before its drooping hour : — He, was Britain's Naval pride ; Young- — but old in fame, he died. Love, but with a Patriot's tear, Mourns, and consecrates them here.
Strana 186 - Inflexible and steady courage, A sacred fidelity in political trust, Purity and singleness of heart — A temper the mirror of that purity, A reflecting and well-disciplined. judgment In the most arduous conflicts ; A dignified simplicity of manners, And the most elevated sense of honour ; Every public virtue and spirit, Every gentle and graceful affection, Made him universally Admired, revered, and beloved ; The ornament of his Country and the age ; A model to Posterity.
Strana 353 - To Mary's lips has ancient Rome Her purest language taught, And from the modern city .home Agnes its pencil brought. Rome's ancient Horace sweetly chants Such maids with lyric fire ; Albion's old Horace sings nor paints — He only can admire. Still would his press their fame record, So amiable the pair is ! But, ah ! how vain to think his word Can add a straw to Berrya ! The next morning, the Latian nymph sent me these lines : — Had Rome's famed Horace thus addrest His Lydia or his Lyce, He had...
Strana 261 - Death, the great teacher, Death alone proclaims The true dimensions of our puny frames. The daring tales, in Grecian story found, Were once believed: — of Athos...

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