The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... star is abforbed in the meridian blaze ; but had any other than Milton been the author , it would have claimed and received universal praise . Our great author , now quite worn out with the gout , paid the debt of nature on the 10th of ...
... star is abforbed in the meridian blaze ; but had any other than Milton been the author , it would have claimed and received universal praise . Our great author , now quite worn out with the gout , paid the debt of nature on the 10th of ...
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... star Of fmalleft magnitude clofe by the moon , Thither , full fraught with mifchievous revenge , Accurf'd , and in a curfed hour he hies . Sings darkling , and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her 24 Bosh II . PARADISE LOST .
... star Of fmalleft magnitude clofe by the moon , Thither , full fraught with mifchievous revenge , Accurf'd , and in a curfed hour he hies . Sings darkling , and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her 24 Bosh II . PARADISE LOST .
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... star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic feas Beyond th ' horizon ; then from pole to pole He views in breadth , and ... Stars diftant , but nigh hand feem'd other worlds : Or other worlds they feem'd , or happy ifles , Like thofe ...
... star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic feas Beyond th ' horizon ; then from pole to pole He views in breadth , and ... Stars diftant , but nigh hand feem'd other worlds : Or other worlds they feem'd , or happy ifles , Like thofe ...
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... stars , Numberless , as thou feeft , and how they move ; Each had his place appointed , each his course ; The reft ... star ) her aid Timely interpofes , and her monthly round Still ending , ftill renewing through mid heav'n , With ...
... stars , Numberless , as thou feeft , and how they move ; Each had his place appointed , each his course ; The reft ... star ) her aid Timely interpofes , and her monthly round Still ending , ftill renewing through mid heav'n , With ...
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... stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call , But with no friendly voice , and add thy name , O Sun , to tell thee how I hate thy beams , That bring to my remembrance from what ftate I fell , how glorious once above thy sphere 1 ...
... stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call , But with no friendly voice , and add thy name , O Sun , to tell thee how I hate thy beams , That bring to my remembrance from what ftate I fell , how glorious once above thy sphere 1 ...
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