The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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Page 15
... use of his riches . He likens his beginning to that of Hercules ; and , accord- ing to his usual manner of being transported with any good hint that meets him in his way , paffing into a digreffion of Hercules , and his flaying the two ...
... use of his riches . He likens his beginning to that of Hercules ; and , accord- ing to his usual manner of being transported with any good hint that meets him in his way , paffing into a digreffion of Hercules , and his flaying the two ...
Page 33
... use , But I was born for Love , and for a Mufe . With Fate what boots it to contend . ? Such I began , fuch am , and fo must end . The star that did my being frame , Was but a lambent flame , And fome fmall light it did dispense , But ...
... use , But I was born for Love , and for a Mufe . With Fate what boots it to contend . ? Such I began , fuch am , and fo must end . The star that did my being frame , Was but a lambent flame , And fome fmall light it did dispense , But ...
Page 58
... use ; As yet the forcerers ' mimic power ferv'd for excufe . " Try what the earth will do , " faid God , and lo ! They ftrook the earth a fertile blow , And And all the duft did strait to stir begin ; 58 COWLEY'S POEM S.
... use ; As yet the forcerers ' mimic power ferv'd for excufe . " Try what the earth will do , " faid God , and lo ! They ftrook the earth a fertile blow , And And all the duft did strait to stir begin ; 58 COWLEY'S POEM S.
Page 94
... use defign'd : The hall and schools one fide of it poffeft ; The library and fynagogue the rest . Tables of plain - cut fir , adorn'd the hall ; And with beafts ' skins the beds were cover'd all . The reverend doctors take their feats ...
... use defign'd : The hall and schools one fide of it poffeft ; The library and fynagogue the rest . Tables of plain - cut fir , adorn'd the hall ; And with beafts ' skins the beds were cover'd all . The reverend doctors take their feats ...
Page 128
... use His eyes no more to do their master spite ; All to be seen she took , and next his fight . Thus a long death in prison he outwears ; Bereft of grief's last solace , ev'n his tears . Then Jeconiah's fon did foremost come , And he who ...
... use His eyes no more to do their master spite ; All to be seen she took , and next his fight . Thus a long death in prison he outwears ; Bereft of grief's last solace , ev'n his tears . Then Jeconiah's fon did foremost come , And he who ...
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