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Page 37
... Lady , who wrote poefies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring th ' æquator heaven does bind . When heaven fhall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heaven than ' tis , will be ) ' Tis thou must ...
... Lady , who wrote poefies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring th ' æquator heaven does bind . When heaven fhall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heaven than ' tis , will be ) ' Tis thou must ...
Page 39
... lady acquainted with the ancient laws of augury and rites of fa- crifice : And yet this death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When found in every other part , Her facrifice is found without an heart . For the laft ...
... lady acquainted with the ancient laws of augury and rites of fa- crifice : And yet this death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When found in every other part , Her facrifice is found without an heart . For the laft ...
Page 48
... ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels luftres rife ; And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good defire . DONNE . THEY were in very little care to clothe their notions with elegance ...
... ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels luftres rife ; And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good defire . DONNE . THEY were in very little care to clothe their notions with elegance ...
Page 131
... ladies , their grooms and mademoiselles . This is fufficiently peevish in a man , who , when his exile from the college , he mentione relates , with great luxuriance , the compenfa- tion which the pleasures of the theatre afford him ...
... ladies , their grooms and mademoiselles . This is fufficiently peevish in a man , who , when his exile from the college , he mentione relates , with great luxuriance , the compenfa- tion which the pleasures of the theatre afford him ...
Page 133
... lady Alice Egerton , his daughter , paffing through a place called the Hay - wood foreft , or Haywood in Herefordthire , were benighted , and the lady for a fhort time loft : this accident being related to their father upon their ...
... lady Alice Egerton , his daughter , paffing through a place called the Hay - wood foreft , or Haywood in Herefordthire , were benighted , and the lady for a fhort time loft : this accident being related to their father upon their ...
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