The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... Honour , Honesty . The Motto chosen by the right hon . the Lady Henerietta Ca- vendish Holles ib . A Cantata . Set by Mr. Galliard ... An Ode for vocal and instrumental Music , to the Memory of the most noble William Duke of Devonshire ...
... Honour , Honesty . The Motto chosen by the right hon . the Lady Henerietta Ca- vendish Holles ib . A Cantata . Set by Mr. Galliard ... An Ode for vocal and instrumental Music , to the Memory of the most noble William Duke of Devonshire ...
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... Honour of St. Ce- cilia's Day , 1701. Set to Music by Mr. John Eccles 280 281 Epistle to the right honourable Charles Lord Halifax .. 269 The Mourning Muse of Alexis : a Pastoral . Lamenting the Death of Queen Mary To the King , on the ...
... Honour of St. Ce- cilia's Day , 1701. Set to Music by Mr. John Eccles 280 281 Epistle to the right honourable Charles Lord Halifax .. 269 The Mourning Muse of Alexis : a Pastoral . Lamenting the Death of Queen Mary To the King , on the ...
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... honour , titles , joy bestow , In the last parting , and severe distress ? And make the labouring breast with transport glow ? These gaudy trifles gild our morning bright , But O ! how weak their influence on our night ! Then fame ...
... honour , titles , joy bestow , In the last parting , and severe distress ? And make the labouring breast with transport glow ? These gaudy trifles gild our morning bright , But O ! how weak their influence on our night ! Then fame ...
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... honour'd , and admir'd ! While fill'd with joy , in happier realms you stray , And dwell in mansions of eternal day ; While you , conspicuous through the heavenly choir , With swelling rapture tune the chosen lyre ; Where echoing angels ...
... honour'd , and admir'd ! While fill'd with joy , in happier realms you stray , And dwell in mansions of eternal day ; While you , conspicuous through the heavenly choir , With swelling rapture tune the chosen lyre ; Where echoing angels ...
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... honour'd Crete had nurs'd the thundering god , Crete was not always blest with his abode ; Nor was it fit , that William's godlike mind , For nations born , should be to one confin'd . This only grant , since I must ask no more ...
... honour'd Crete had nurs'd the thundering god , Crete was not always blest with his abode ; Nor was it fit , that William's godlike mind , For nations born , should be to one confin'd . This only grant , since I must ask no more ...
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