Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 24
... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ...
... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ...
Page 41
... once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Fleck- noe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of English literature ...
... once been quoted , by Rymer it has once been praised , and by Dryden , in Mac Fleck- noe , it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of English literature ...
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... once a year , on the night when king William landed . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over , and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like a Saracen upon a sign . The Fair Penitent ...
... once a year , on the night when king William landed . Our quarrel with Lewis has been long over , and it now gratifies neither zeal nor malice to see him painted with aggravated features , like a Saracen upon a sign . The Fair Penitent ...
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