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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 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 Chloris or Phyllis sometimes in ...
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... Sometimes I meet it in a band - box , when my laundress brings home my linen ; sometimes , whether I will or no , it lights my pipe at a coffee - house ; some- times it surprises me in a trunk - maker's shop ; and sometimes it refreshes ...
... Sometimes I meet it in a band - box , when my laundress brings home my linen ; sometimes , whether I will or no , it lights my pipe at a coffee - house ; some- times it surprises me in a trunk - maker's shop ; and sometimes it refreshes ...
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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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