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... Ancient , except we conftantly keep in our eye his climate , his country , and his age . POPE himself informs us , in a note , that he judi- cioufly omitted the following verfe , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear t on ...
... Ancient , except we conftantly keep in our eye his climate , his country , and his age . POPE himself informs us , in a note , that he judi- cioufly omitted the following verfe , And lift'ning wolves grow milder as they hear t on ...
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... far from being abfurdly tyrannical , that it was an ancient custom established among all Abregé de l'Histoire Univerfelle , & c . tom . i . pag . 280 . + Ibid . the · the monafteries of the north . Their houses were 22 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... far from being abfurdly tyrannical , that it was an ancient custom established among all Abregé de l'Histoire Univerfelle , & c . tom . i . pag . 280 . + Ibid . the · the monafteries of the north . Their houses were 22 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... ancient caftle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive profpects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and addrefs from speak- ing of the miseries of the civil war to the * Ver . 233 , + Ver . 265 . The great improvements lately made ...
... ancient caftle , and the fruitful and ex- tenfive profpects which it commands . He flides with dexterity and addrefs from speak- ing of the miseries of the civil war to the * Ver . 233 , + Ver . 265 . The great improvements lately made ...
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... ancient name , The winding Ifis , and the fruitful Tame : The Kennet fwift , for filver eels renown'd , The Loddon flow , with verdant ofiers crown'd ; Cole , whofe dark ftreams his flowery iflands laye And chalky Wey , that rolls a ...
... ancient name , The winding Ifis , and the fruitful Tame : The Kennet fwift , for filver eels renown'd , The Loddon flow , with verdant ofiers crown'd ; Cole , whofe dark ftreams his flowery iflands laye And chalky Wey , that rolls a ...
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... ancient hallow'd Dee , Or Humber loud that keeps the Scythian's name , Or Medway smooth , or royal - towred Thame ‡ . • Ver . 337 . † Fairy Queen , B. iv . C. 11 . At a vacation exercife , & c . Ver . 91. Milton was now aged but ...
... ancient hallow'd Dee , Or Humber loud that keeps the Scythian's name , Or Medway smooth , or royal - towred Thame ‡ . • Ver . 337 . † Fairy Queen , B. iv . C. 11 . At a vacation exercife , & c . Ver . 91. Milton was now aged but ...
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