The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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... hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon ...
... hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent back into England , that " under pretence of privacy and retirement , he might take occasion of giving notice of the posture of things in this nation . " Soon ...
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... hands he was , might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , regain his liberty ...
... hands he was , might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , regain his liberty ...
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... hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . The World and a Clock . Mahol th ' inferior world's fantastic face Through all the turns of matter's maze did trace ; Great Nature's well - set clock in ...
... hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . The World and a Clock . Mahol th ' inferior world's fantastic face Through all the turns of matter's maze did trace ; Great Nature's well - set clock in ...
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... Hand Grenado . Woe 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 , Of both our broken ...
... Hand Grenado . Woe 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 , Of both our broken ...
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... hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double ...
... hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double ...
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