The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... preferved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe mind is more on on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his 10 COWLEY .
... preferved in " Mifcellanea Aulica , " a collection of papers published by Brown . These letters , being written like thofe of other men whofe mind is more on on things than words , contribute no otherwife to his 10 COWLEY .
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... these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is there- fore to be fuppofed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King without the confent of his bondsman ; that he did not fhew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend ...
... these bonds till the general deliverance ; " it is there- fore to be fuppofed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King without the confent of his bondsman ; that he did not fhew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend ...
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... These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough , together in fome ftanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was first introduced by Suckling , per- haps every ...
... These unlucky incidents are brought , maliciously enough , together in fome ftanzas , written about that time , on the choice of a laureat ; a mode of fatire , by which , fince it was first introduced by Suckling , per- haps every ...
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... these times fhew'd me you . DONNE . Yet more abftrufe and profound is Donne's reflection upon Man as a Microcofm : If men be worlds , there is in every one Something to answer in fome proportion All the world's riches : and in good men ...
... these times fhew'd me you . DONNE . Yet more abftrufe and profound is Donne's reflection upon Man as a Microcofm : If men be worlds , there is in every one Something to answer in fome proportion All the world's riches : and in good men ...
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... these take their birth , which now are here . If then this body love what th ' other did , ' Twere inceft , which by nature is forbid . The love of different women is , in geographical po- etry , compared to travels through different ...
... these take their birth , which now are here . If then this body love what th ' other did , ' Twere inceft , which by nature is forbid . The love of different women is , in geographical po- etry , compared to travels through different ...
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