The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 |
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... of poetry , and rules for compofing them . The reft is a collection of paffages from poets , in which he tells us , as his ends were dif ferent * 2 Vol . 12240 , 1718 . " C 6 6 ferent , he has purfued a xvi The PREFACE .
... of poetry , and rules for compofing them . The reft is a collection of paffages from poets , in which he tells us , as his ends were dif ferent * 2 Vol . 12240 , 1718 . " C 6 6 ferent , he has purfued a xvi The PREFACE .
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... In the other volume , which is an alphabetical extract , Spenser's images are introduced with fome extent . The reft of it is but a flight flight collection , confifting of odd and par- ticular topicks < The PREFACE . xvii.
... In the other volume , which is an alphabetical extract , Spenser's images are introduced with fome extent . The reft of it is but a flight flight collection , confifting of odd and par- ticular topicks < The PREFACE . xvii.
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... reft their bones , When weary travel doth opprefs their limbs ? And where religious men fhould take them in , Shall now be kept back by a mastiff dog . VOL . I. William Shakespear's Cromwelt . B For For those walls which the credulous ...
... reft their bones , When weary travel doth opprefs their limbs ? And where religious men fhould take them in , Shall now be kept back by a mastiff dog . VOL . I. William Shakespear's Cromwelt . B For For those walls which the credulous ...
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... reft , But ftill our good destroyeth . Affection's pow'r who can fupprefs , And mafter when it finneth : Of worthy praise deserves no less , Than he that kingdoms winneth . When our difeas'd affections , Brandon's Octavia . ( Harmful to ...
... reft , But ftill our good destroyeth . Affection's pow'r who can fupprefs , And mafter when it finneth : Of worthy praise deserves no less , Than he that kingdoms winneth . When our difeas'd affections , Brandon's Octavia . ( Harmful to ...
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... reft , And wring beneath some private discontent . Chapman's First Part of Byron's Confpiracy . Ambaffadors that cram into their breasts Secrets of kings , and kingdoms interests , Have not their calling's full preheminence , ' Till ...
... reft , And wring beneath some private discontent . Chapman's First Part of Byron's Confpiracy . Ambaffadors that cram into their breasts Secrets of kings , and kingdoms interests , Have not their calling's full preheminence , ' Till ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward No preview available - 2016 |
The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward, Sir No preview available - 2016 |
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