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Page 163
... give Chryseis to these arms again ; If mercy fail , yet let my presents move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if ...
... give Chryseis to these arms again ; If mercy fail , yet let my presents move , And dread avenging Phoebus , son of Jove . But , oh ! relieve a hapless parent's pain , And give my daughter to these arms again ; Receive my gifts ; if ...
Page 361
... give in exchange the Bar , though not at so late a period of life as Young took orders , it will be owing , in no small measure , to my having had the happiness of calling the author of The Rambler my friend . OXFORD , Sept. 1782 ...
... give in exchange the Bar , though not at so late a period of life as Young took orders , it will be owing , in no small measure , to my having had the happiness of calling the author of The Rambler my friend . OXFORD , Sept. 1782 ...
Page 369
... give it . His conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without injury to his memory , sink into silence . As a writer , he cannot be placed in any high class . There is no species of composition in which he ...
... give it . His conversation was elegant and easy . The rest of his character may , without injury to his memory , sink into silence . As a writer , he cannot be placed in any high class . There is no species of composition in which he ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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