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... and strike the living lyre : Lo how the years to come , a numerous and well - fitted quire , All hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal measure dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe'er it be ...
... and strike the living lyre : Lo how the years to come , a numerous and well - fitted quire , All hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal measure dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe'er it be ...
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Considering into what hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been ...
Considering into what hands Homer was to fall , the reader cannot but rejoice that this project went no further . The time was now at hand which was to put an end to all his schemes and labours . On the first of May 1701 , having been ...
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In the battle , his terms seem to have been blown away ; but he deals them liberally in the dock : So here some pick out bullets from the side , Some drive old okum thro ' each seam and rift : Their left - hand does the calking - iron ...
In the battle , his terms seem to have been blown away ; but he deals them liberally in the dock : So here some pick out bullets from the side , Some drive old okum thro ' each seam and rift : Their left - hand does the calking - iron ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Robert Montagu |
| Publisher | Folio Society, 1965 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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