Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... soon did it germi- in both his applications . He had also the misfortune nate in his youthful mind , that , while yet at school , of displeasing his party , by his revived comedy of in his fifteenth or sixteenth year , he published a ...
... soon did it germi- in both his applications . He had also the misfortune nate in his youthful mind , that , while yet at school , of displeasing his party , by his revived comedy of in his fifteenth or sixteenth year , he published a ...
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... soon retire , if he but shrink . El . Br . Thyrsis , lead on apace , I'll follow thee And some good angel bear a shield before us . The Scene changes to a stately palace , set out with all manner of deliciousness : soft music , tables ...
... soon retire , if he but shrink . El . Br . Thyrsis , lead on apace , I'll follow thee And some good angel bear a shield before us . The Scene changes to a stately palace , set out with all manner of deliciousness : soft music , tables ...
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... soon his boid compeer " O prince , O chief of many throned powers , That led the embattled seraphim to war As one great furnace flam'd ; yet from those flames Under thy conduct , and , in dreadful deeds No light ; but rather darkness ...
... soon his boid compeer " O prince , O chief of many throned powers , That led the embattled seraphim to war As one great furnace flam'd ; yet from those flames Under thy conduct , and , in dreadful deeds No light ; but rather darkness ...
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... soon traverse The whole battalion views , their order due , Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums . And now his heart Distends with pride , and hardening in his strength Glories for never , since created man ...
... soon traverse The whole battalion views , their order due , Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums . And now his heart Distends with pride , and hardening in his strength Glories for never , since created man ...
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... soon return , And bring ye to the place where thou and Death Shall dwell at ease , and up and down unseen Wing silently the buxom air , imbalm'd With odors : there ye shall be fed and fill'd Immeasurably ; all things shall be your prey ...
... soon return , And bring ye to the place where thou and Death Shall dwell at ease , and up and down unseen Wing silently the buxom air , imbalm'd With odors : there ye shall be fed and fill'd Immeasurably ; all things shall be your prey ...
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