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... commonly found to go hand in hand . In 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 discussed with avidity .
... commonly found to go hand in hand . In 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 discussed with avidity .
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A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room , ' Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado shot into a magazin . Then shall Love keep the ashes , and torn parts ...
A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room , ' Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado shot into a magazin . Then shall Love keep the ashes , and torn parts ...
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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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| Title | Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1 Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson Volumes 83-84 of World's classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | George Birkbeck Norman Hill |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1968 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 6 Jul 2011 |
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