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... better than what I have performed " on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with " elocution . ' It is written in quatrains , or heroic ftan- zas of four ...
... better than what I have performed " on any other . As I have endeavoured to " adorn my poem with noble thoughts , fo " much more to exprefs thofe thoughts with " elocution . ' It is written in quatrains , or heroic ftan- zas of four ...
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... better . " for being backed , or having a load upon " his back . So that here is gilding by con- forming , fmiling , lightning , backing , and thundering . The whole is as if I should 66 66 fay thus I will make my counterfeit " fmiles ...
... better . " for being backed , or having a load upon " his back . So that here is gilding by con- forming , fmiling , lightning , backing , and thundering . The whole is as if I should 66 66 fay thus I will make my counterfeit " fmiles ...
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... better what his is : " Great Boy , thy tragedy and sculptures done " From prefs , and plates in fleets do home- " ward come : " And in ridiculous and humble pride , " Their courfe in ballad - fingers ' baskets guide , " Whofe greafy ...
... better what his is : " Great Boy , thy tragedy and sculptures done " From prefs , and plates in fleets do home- " ward come : " And in ridiculous and humble pride , " Their courfe in ballad - fingers ' baskets guide , " Whofe greafy ...
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... better fortune I'll appear , " With open arms , loose veil , and flowing ❝ hair , 66 " c Juft flying forward from my rowling sphere . " I wonder , if he be fo ftrict , how he dares " make fo bold with sphere himself , and be fo ...
... better fortune I'll appear , " With open arms , loose veil , and flowing ❝ hair , 66 " c Juft flying forward from my rowling sphere . " I wonder , if he be fo ftrict , how he dares " make fo bold with sphere himself , and be fo ...
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... better way could be found than they had taken , though Fanshaw , Denham , Waller , and Cowley , had tried to give examples of a different practice , In 1681 , Dryden became yet more con- fpicuous by uniting politicks with poetry , in ...
... better way could be found than they had taken , though Fanshaw , Denham , Waller , and Cowley , had tried to give examples of a different practice , In 1681 , Dryden became yet more con- fpicuous by uniting politicks with poetry , in ...
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