The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 21750 |
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... must excite , will require a dif play more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and no- thing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain ...
... must excite , will require a dif play more ample than can now be given . His contemporaries , however they reverenced his genius , left his life unwritten ; and no- thing therefore can be known beyond what cafual mention and uncertain ...
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... must conform by fmiles to lightning , " then my fmiles muft gild a ftorm too : to 66 66 gild with fmiles is a new invention of gild- ing . And gild a ftorm by being backed " with thunder . Thunder is part of the " ftorm ; fo one part of ...
... must conform by fmiles to lightning , " then my fmiles muft gild a ftorm too : to 66 66 gild with fmiles is a new invention of gild- ing . And gild a ftorm by being backed " with thunder . Thunder is part of the " ftorm ; fo one part of ...
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... must be infectious with pronouncing a fen- " tence ; and this fentence is not to be 66 pronounced till the condemned party " bleeds ; that is , fhe must be executed first , " and fentenced after ; and the pronouncing " of this fentence ...
... must be infectious with pronouncing a fen- " tence ; and this fentence is not to be 66 pronounced till the condemned party " bleeds ; that is , fhe must be executed first , " and fentenced after ; and the pronouncing " of this fentence ...
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... must be in an airy walk , " an airy , walk of a flier . And there they " will read their fouls , and track the spheres " of their paffions . That is , thefe walking . " fliers , Jack with a lanthorn , & c . will put " on his fpectacles ...
... must be in an airy walk , " an airy , walk of a flier . And there they " will read their fouls , and track the spheres " of their paffions . That is , thefe walking . " fliers , Jack with a lanthorn , & c . will put " on his fpectacles ...
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... must stoop , ere I can give the blow . " But mine is fixt so far above thy crown , " That all thy inen , " Piled on thy back , can never pull it down . " Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is " fixt , I cannot guefs ; but wherever it ...
... must stoop , ere I can give the blow . " But mine is fixt so far above thy crown , " That all thy inen , " Piled on thy back , can never pull it down . " Now where that is , Almanzor's fate is " fixt , I cannot guefs ; but wherever it ...
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