Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... hand in hand . În the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and dis- cussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
... hand in hand . În the eighteenth century almost every man of culture wrote verse ; the ordinary courtesies of invitation and gratitude were expressed in rhyme , and poetry was read and dis- cussed with avidity . We have , therefore , in ...
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... hand ; And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee , as thou'rt there , for very thee That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us , are such mixt engines found , As hands of ...
... hand ; And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee , as thou'rt there , for very thee That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us , are such mixt engines found , As hands of ...
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... hand does the calking - iron guide , The rattling mallet with the right they lift . With boiling pitch another near at hand ( From friendly Sweden brought ) the seams instops : Which , well laid o'er , the salt - sea waves withstand ...
... hand does the calking - iron guide , The rattling mallet with the right they lift . With boiling pitch another near at hand ( From friendly Sweden brought ) the seams instops : Which , well laid o'er , the salt - sea waves withstand ...
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