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... to that divine poet , d Buchanan himself ( though much the best of them 5 and indeed a great person ) comes in my opinion " Torisons this ground I have , in these two Odes of Pindar , less Mort of David , than his country does of ...
... to that divine poet , d Buchanan himself ( though much the best of them 5 and indeed a great person ) comes in my opinion " Torisons this ground I have , in these two Odes of Pindar , less Mort of David , than his country does of ...
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And Buchanan himself ( though much the best of them all , and indeed a great person ) comes in my opinion no less short of David , than his country does of Judea . Upon this ground I have , in these two Odes of Pindar , taken , left out ...
And Buchanan himself ( though much the best of them all , and indeed a great person ) comes in my opinion no less short of David , than his country does of Judea . Upon this ground I have , in these two Odes of Pindar , taken , left out ...
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... And Virgil's sacred work , thall die ; And he himself ihall see in one fire fine Rich Nature's ancient Troy , though built by hands divine . Whom thunder's dismal noise , And all that prophets and apostles louder fpake ,.
... And Virgil's sacred work , thall die ; And he himself ihall see in one fire fine Rich Nature's ancient Troy , though built by hands divine . Whom thunder's dismal noise , And all that prophets and apostles louder fpake ,.
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in Cæsar's blood ; What mercy could the tyrant's life deserve , From him who kill'd himself , rather than serve ? Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are so far from understood , We count them Vice : alas ! our fight ' s so ill ...
in Cæsar's blood ; What mercy could the tyrant's life deserve , From him who kill'd himself , rather than serve ? Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are so far from understood , We count them Vice : alas ! our fight ' s so ill ...
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The brother leopard shakes himself , and does not stay , The glutted vultures shall expect in vain New armies to be flain ; Shall find at last the business done , Leave their consumed quarters , and be gone : Th'unburied ghosts shall ...
The brother leopard shakes himself , and does not stay , The glutted vultures shall expect in vain New armies to be flain ; Shall find at last the business done , Leave their consumed quarters , and be gone : Th'unburied ghosts shall ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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