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He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is often toucht on ) ; from his great riches ( an ordinary common - place in Pindar ) ; from his hospitality , munificence , and other virtues . The Ode ( according to the ...
He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is often toucht on ) ; from his great riches ( an ordinary common - place in Pindar ) ; from his hospitality , munificence , and other virtues . The Ode ( according to the ...
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“ Nor let their warlike laurel scorn , “ With the Olympic olive to be worn , " Whose gentler honours do so well the brows of peace " adorn ! " 66 Go to great Syracuse , my Muse , and wait At Chromius ' hospitable gate ; ' Twill open ...
“ Nor let their warlike laurel scorn , “ With the Olympic olive to be worn , " Whose gentler honours do so well the brows of peace " adorn ! " 66 Go to great Syracuse , my Muse , and wait At Chromius ' hospitable gate ; ' Twill open ...
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And thy well - travel'd knowledge , too , does give No less account of th ' empire sensitive ; Chiefly of man , whose body is That active foul's metropolis . As the great artist in his sphere of glass Saw the whole scene of heavenly ...
And thy well - travel'd knowledge , too , does give No less account of th ' empire sensitive ; Chiefly of man , whose body is That active foul's metropolis . As the great artist in his sphere of glass Saw the whole scene of heavenly ...
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The wide - stretch'd scroll of heaven , which we Immortal as the Deity think , With all the beauteous characters that in it With such deep sense by God's own hand were writ ( Whose eloquence , though we understand not , we adShall ...
The wide - stretch'd scroll of heaven , which we Immortal as the Deity think , With all the beauteous characters that in it With such deep sense by God's own hand were writ ( Whose eloquence , though we understand not , we adShall ...
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He is compared to Balaam , whose song concludes the book . I Sing the man who Judad's sceptre bore 5 I In that right - hand which held the crook before ; Who from best poet , best of kings did grow ; The two chief gifts Heaven could on ...
He is compared to Balaam , whose song concludes the book . I Sing the man who Judad's sceptre bore 5 I In that right - hand which held the crook before ; Who from best poet , best of kings did grow ; The two chief gifts Heaven could on ...
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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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