The lives of the most eminent English poetsJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... Thofe were the reafons that made him to follow the " violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the " greatest throng of his former bufinefs , had ftill called , upon him , and reprefented to him the true delights " of folitary ...
... Thofe were the reafons that made him to follow the " violent inclination of his own mind , which , in the " greatest throng of his former bufinefs , had ftill called , upon him , and reprefented to him the true delights " of folitary ...
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... for nicety of diftinction . Thofe writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatnefs ; for great things cannot have efcaped for- mer mer obfervation . Their attempts were always analy , tick 24 COWLEY .
... for nicety of diftinction . Thofe writers who lay on the watch for novelty could have little hope of greatnefs ; for great things cannot have efcaped for- mer mer obfervation . Their attempts were always analy , tick 24 COWLEY .
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... 'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and naturès fall ; Then from thofe wombs of ftars , the Bride's bright eyes , At every glance a conftellation flies D 2 And And fowes the court with ftars , and doth prevent COWL E Y. 85 པ་
... 'd o'er all , From which all fortunes , names , and naturès fall ; Then from thofe wombs of ftars , the Bride's bright eyes , At every glance a conftellation flies D 2 And And fowes the court with ftars , and doth prevent COWL E Y. 85 པ་
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... thofe , who think lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts .. That a miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in re- ality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher ftand , Than wonten can be plac'd by ...
... thofe , who think lefs , but are more diligent to adorn their thoughts .. That a miftrefs beloved is fairer in idea than in re- ality , is by Cowley thus expreffed : Thou in my fancy doft much higher ftand , Than wonten can be plac'd by ...
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... thofe of the Theban bard were to his contemporaries : Begin the fong , 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 fong with fmooth and ...
... thofe of the Theban bard were to his contemporaries : Begin the fong , 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 fong with fmooth and ...
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