Date: 1810
"Our heroine fear'd him not; it was her part, / To make sure conquest of such gentle heart"
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1810
"As pliant hands in shapes refin'd / Rich iv'ry carve and smooth, / His laws thus mould each ductile mind, / And ev'ry passion soothe"
preview | full record— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)
Date: 1810
"As gems are taught by patient art / In sparkling ranks to beam, / With manners thus he forms the heart, / And spreads a gen'ral gleam"
preview | full record— Jones, Sir William (1746-1794)
Date: 1810
"Love never made impression on her mind."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1810
"My mind's impressions met my listening ear; / And Echo said,--"The God of Pope is here."
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1810
"When ambition and wealth their allurements unite, / What heart can resist their attractive impression?"
preview | full record— Burges, Sir James Bland (1752-1824)
Date: 1810
"And these young ruffians in the soul will sow / Seeds of all vices that on weakness grow."
preview | full record— Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
Date: 1810
The poor live "'midst luxury, wanting daily bread: / While hard unfeeling instruments of state, / With iron bosoms aggravate their fate"
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Date: 1810
"The fiend, consistent, who had steeled all hearts / Against their feeling for ingenuous arts,"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)
Date: 1810
"But I thank the hard steel that environs my heart; / The steel that has grown, by salabrious time, / Who corrects the wild ardour of love, and of rhyme:"
preview | full record— Stockdale, Percival (1736-1811)