The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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Page 16
... Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more Heav'n than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must ...
... Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator Heaven does bind . When Heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more Heav'n than ' tis will be ) ' Tis thou must ...
Page 17
... Lady acquainted with the ancient laws of augury and rites of sacrifice : And yet this death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When sound in every other part , Her sacrifice is found without an heart . For the last tempest ...
... Lady acquainted with the ancient laws of augury and rites of sacrifice : And yet this death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When sound in every other part , Her sacrifice is found without an heart . For the last tempest ...
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... ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels ' lustres rise : And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good desire . DONNE . They were in very little care to clothe their notions COWLEY . 21.
... ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels ' lustres rise : And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good desire . DONNE . They were in very little care to clothe their notions COWLEY . 21.
Page 59
... ladies , their grooms and made- moiselles . " This is sufficiently peevish in a man who , when he mentions his exile from the college , relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him ...
... ladies , their grooms and made- moiselles . " This is sufficiently peevish in a man who , when he mentions his exile from the college , relates , with great luxuriance , the compensation which the pleasures of the theatre afford him ...
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... Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michaelmas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her husband's habitation , and therefore very willingly forgot her promise ...
... Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michaelmas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her husband's habitation , and therefore very willingly forgot her promise ...
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