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... dangers raw , to war . O curft effay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come ; Hard elements of unauspicious war , Vain vows to Heaven , and unavailing care . DRYDEN . Hoffman , in his Lexicon , gives a ...
... dangers raw , to war . O curft effay of arms , disastrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields and fights to come ; Hard elements of unauspicious war , Vain vows to Heaven , and unavailing care . DRYDEN . Hoffman , in his Lexicon , gives a ...
Page 49
... danger of procraftination , is thus illuf trated , That which I should have begun In my youth's morning , now late must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which stray or fleep all day , and having loft Light and strength ...
... danger of procraftination , is thus illuf trated , That which I should have begun In my youth's morning , now late must be done ; And I , as giddy travellers must do , Which stray or fleep all day , and having loft Light and strength ...
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... dangerous as thefe , Our course by ftars above we cannot know Without the compass too below . After this fays Bentley * . Who travels in religious jars , Truth mix'd with error , fhade with rays , Like Whifton wanting pyx or ftars , In ...
... dangerous as thefe , Our course by ftars above we cannot know Without the compass too below . After this fays Bentley * . Who travels in religious jars , Truth mix'd with error , fhade with rays , Like Whifton wanting pyx or ftars , In ...
Page 87
... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chofe , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd afide for danger or delight . G. 4 And And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the COWLEY . 87.
... praise . He gives Saul both the body and mind of a hero : His way once chofe , he forward thrust outright , Nor turn'd afide for danger or delight . G. 4 And And the different beauties of the lofty Merah and the COWLEY . 87.
Page 108
... dangerous employments . He was entrusted by the queen with a meffage to the king ; and , by whatever means , fo far foftened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his interceffion ad- miffion was procured . Of the king's conde- fcenfion ...
... dangerous employments . He was entrusted by the queen with a meffage to the king ; and , by whatever means , fo far foftened the ferocity of Hugh Peters , that by his interceffion ad- miffion was procured . Of the king's conde- fcenfion ...
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