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Off-hand Takings; Or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age - Page 161
by George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 408 pages
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Tales

George Crabbe - 1812 - 430 pages
...clear; Applause at school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame ; Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these...
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Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1815 - 360 pages
...hope or expect. The obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him j in every other respect. With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure...take. And all foretold the progress he would make. But it could not be expected that he should resist the snare which Mrs Mannering's imprudence threw...
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Guy Mannering: Or, The Astrologer

Walter Scott - 1815 - 322 pages
...hope or expect. The obscurity of bi$ birth could alone be objected to him—in every other respect, With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, stnmg desire of fame ; Men watched the way his lofty mind would take, And ail foretold the progress...
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The works of George Crabbe, Volume 4

George Crabbe - 1816 - 250 pages
...clear ; Applause at school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these...
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Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1820 - 314 pages
...obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him—in every other respect, With prospects hright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong...take, And all foretold the progress he would make. But it could not be expected that he should resist the snare which Mrs. Mannering's imprudence threw...
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Guy Mannering; or, The astrologer. By the author of 'Waverley'.

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 pages
...hope or expect. The obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him—in every other respect, With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure...strong desire of fame; Men watched the way his lofty iniud would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. But it could not be expected that he...
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The Works, Volume 5

George Crabbe - 1823 - 274 pages
...clear; Applause at school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame : Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these...
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The Works of the Rev. George Crabbe, Volume 3

George Crabbe - 1823 - 486 pages
...clear; Applause at school the youthful hero gain'd, And trials there with manly strength sustain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame: Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take, And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these...
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Guy Mannering: Or, The Astrologer, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1823 - 258 pages
...hope or expect. The obscurity of his birth could alone be objected to him—in every other respect, With prospects bright upon the world he came Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fameMen watched the way his lofty mind would take And all foretold the prop-ess he would make. * But...
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The British poets of the nineteenth century, including the select works of ...

British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...clear ; Applause at school the youthful herogain'd. And trials there with manly strength snstain'd : With prospects bright upon the world he came, Pure love of virtue, strong desire of fame: Men watch'd the way his lofty mind would take. And all foretold the progress he would make. Boast of these...
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