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... death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When , sound in every other part , Her sacrifice is found without an heart . For the last tempest of my death Shall sigh out that too , with my breath . COWLEY , The Concealment ...
... death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When , sound in every other part , Her sacrifice is found without an heart . For the last tempest of my death Shall sigh out that too , with my breath . COWLEY , The Concealment ...
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... Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the portress of hell ; but when they stop the journey of Satan , a journey described as real , and when Death offers him battle , the allegory ...
... Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the portress of hell ; but when they stop the journey of Satan , a journey described as real , and when Death offers him battle , the allegory ...
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... death of great men is not always proportioned to the lustre of their lives . Hannibal , says Juvenal , did not perish by a javelin or a sword ; the slaughters of Cannæ were revenged by a ring . The death of Pope was imputed by some ...
... death of great men is not always proportioned to the lustre of their lives . Hannibal , says Juvenal , did not perish by a javelin or a sword ; the slaughters of Cannæ were revenged by a ring . The death of Pope was imputed by some ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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