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... supply are long ago exhausted , and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
... supply are long ago exhausted , and its inherent improbability always forces dissatisfaction on the mind . When ... supplies . Nothing can less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shepherd has lost his ...
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... supplies , Like the red star that fires th ' autumnal skies . But Pallas now Tydides ' soul inspires , Fills with ... supplies , Bright as the star whose fires in Autumn rise ; Her breath divine thick streaming flames supplies , Bright ...
... supplies , Like the red star that fires th ' autumnal skies . But Pallas now Tydides ' soul inspires , Fills with ... supplies , Bright as the star whose fires in Autumn rise ; Her breath divine thick streaming flames supplies , Bright ...
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... supply at call , or gather in one excursion , was all that he sought , and all that he gave . The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his senti- ments , to multiply his images , and to accumulate all that study might ...
... supply at call , or gather in one excursion , was all that he sought , and all that he gave . The dilatory caution of Pope enabled him to condense his senti- ments , to multiply his images , and to accumulate all that study might ...
Contents
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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