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... sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary ent Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
... sometimes invited , and sometimes forsaken ; fatigues his fancy , and ransacks his memory , for images which may exhibit the gaiety of hope , or the gloominess of despair , and dresses his imaginary ent Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
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... sometimes weak words : so is found to make the rhyme twice in ten lines , and occurs often as a rhyme through his ... sometimes uses the obsolete termination of verbs , as waxeth , affecteth ; and sometimes retains the final syllable of ...
... sometimes weak words : so is found to make the rhyme twice in ten lines , and occurs often as a rhyme through his ... sometimes uses the obsolete termination of verbs , as waxeth , affecteth ; and sometimes retains the final syllable of ...
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... sometimes grateful to the reader , and sometimes con- venient to the poet . Fenton was of opinion that Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he * valued himself for his ...
... sometimes grateful to the reader , and sometimes con- venient to the poet . Fenton was of opinion that Dryden was too liberal and Pope too sparing in their use . The rhymes of Dryden are commonly just , and he * valued himself for his ...
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