The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Cowley, Denham, MiltonAlexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 - English poetry |
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... fair weather to breed in . The soul must be filled with bright and delightful ideas , when it undertakes to communicate delight to others ; which is the main end of poesy . One may see through the style of Ovid Stat . Theb . lib . 1 ...
... fair weather to breed in . The soul must be filled with bright and delightful ideas , when it undertakes to communicate delight to others ; which is the main end of poesy . One may see through the style of Ovid Stat . Theb . lib . 1 ...
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... fair eyes did move , And light beholders on their way to love . Among her many suitors , a young knight , ' Bove others wounded with the majesty Of her fair presence , presseth most in sight ; Yet seldom his desire can satisfy With that ...
... fair eyes did move , And light beholders on their way to love . Among her many suitors , a young knight , ' Bove others wounded with the majesty Of her fair presence , presseth most in sight ; Yet seldom his desire can satisfy With that ...
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... fair beauty , came ! " Trust me , I long have hid my love ; but now Am fore'd to show't , such is my inward smart ! And you alone , fair saint ! the means do know To heal the wound of my consuming heart . · Then , since it only in your ...
... fair beauty , came ! " Trust me , I long have hid my love ; but now Am fore'd to show't , such is my inward smart ! And you alone , fair saint ! the means do know To heal the wound of my consuming heart . · Then , since it only in your ...
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... fair Ceres crown'd , Had paid the sweating plowman's greediest prayer , And by the fall disrobed the gaudy ground Of all those ornaments it us'd to wear ; Them kind Philocrates t ' each other brought , Where they this means t ' enjoy ...
... fair Ceres crown'd , Had paid the sweating plowman's greediest prayer , And by the fall disrobed the gaudy ground Of all those ornaments it us'd to wear ; Them kind Philocrates t ' each other brought , Where they this means t ' enjoy ...
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... fair In the other : Earth ne'er boasted such a pair ! The very senseless walls themselves combin'd , And grew in one , just like their master's mind . Thisbe all other women did excel , The queen of love less lovely was than she : And ...
... fair In the other : Earth ne'er boasted such a pair ! The very senseless walls themselves combin'd , And grew in one , just like their master's mind . Thisbe all other women did excel , The queen of love less lovely was than she : And ...
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