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... never forsakes a mind that contracted it in youth , but is seldom or never hit by those who would learn it too late . He first distinguished himself by his Latin compositions , published in the Musa Anglicana , and was admired as one of ...
... never forsakes a mind that contracted it in youth , but is seldom or never hit by those who would learn it too late . He first distinguished himself by his Latin compositions , published in the Musa Anglicana , and was admired as one of ...
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... pictures for an ornament and expli- cation of the whole . As for the distinct papers , they were never or seldom shown to each other by their respective authors , who fully answered the promise they had made viii PREFACE .
... pictures for an ornament and expli- cation of the whole . As for the distinct papers , they were never or seldom shown to each other by their respective authors , who fully answered the promise they had made viii PREFACE .
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... never had a regular pulse ) a long and painful relapse into an asthma and dropsy deprived the world of this great man , on the 17th of June , 1719. He left behind him only one daughter , by the Countess of War- wick , to whom he was ...
... never had a regular pulse ) a long and painful relapse into an asthma and dropsy deprived the world of this great man , on the 17th of June , 1719. He left behind him only one daughter , by the Countess of War- wick , to whom he was ...
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... never be admitted into this kind of verse . But Dryden's unconfined genius had given a sanction to them . • O may'st thou still , & c . ] See note 2 in the preceding page . It might have stood thus : " Still may thy muse the noble task ...
... never be admitted into this kind of verse . But Dryden's unconfined genius had given a sanction to them . • O may'st thou still , & c . ] See note 2 in the preceding page . It might have stood thus : " Still may thy muse the noble task ...
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... & c . , as Pope calls them , are never to have a place in our verse : the rule is they should not be coupled with the verb . " The reason is obvious . So crowned with laurels now , where'er you go , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 9.
... & c . , as Pope calls them , are never to have a place in our verse : the rule is they should not be coupled with the verb . " The reason is obvious . So crowned with laurels now , where'er you go , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 9.
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.