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... thou . ' Eng . Poets , viii . 147 . In a note on this in Pindarick Odes , 1674 , p . 39 , he writes : - ' Tí dé τις , τί δ ̓ οὔ τις ; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος . PINDAR . Quid est aliquis , aut quid est nemo ? Somnium umbrae homo est . See ...
... thou . ' Eng . Poets , viii . 147 . In a note on this in Pindarick Odes , 1674 , p . 39 , he writes : - ' Tí dé τις , τί δ ̓ οὔ τις ; σκιᾶς ὄναρ ἄνθρωπος . PINDAR . Quid est aliquis , aut quid est nemo ? Somnium umbrae homo est . See ...
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... Thou would'st , forsooth , be some- thing in a state , And business thou would'st find , and would'st create ; Business ! the frivolous pretence Of human lusts to shake off inno- cence ; Business ! the grave impertinence ; Business the ...
... Thou would'st , forsooth , be some- thing in a state , And business thou would'st find , and would'st create ; Business ! the frivolous pretence Of human lusts to shake off inno- cence ; Business ! the grave impertinence ; Business the ...
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... thou didst save ; By wondrous art , and by successful care , The ruins of a civil war thou dost alone repair . ' Eng . Poets , viii . 143 . Aubrey tells how ' at Oxford Harvey grew acquainted with Dr. Charles Scarborough , then a young ...
... thou didst save ; By wondrous art , and by successful care , The ruins of a civil war thou dost alone repair . ' Eng . Poets , viii . 143 . Aubrey tells how ' at Oxford Harvey grew acquainted with Dr. Charles Scarborough , then a young ...
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... Thou didst with faith and labour serve , And didst ( if faith and labour can ) deserve , Though she contracted was to thee Giv'n to another , ' & c . Hurd's Cowley , i . 187 . Oldham , speaking of the neglect of men of genius ...
... Thou didst with faith and labour serve , And didst ( if faith and labour can ) deserve , Though she contracted was to thee Giv'n to another , ' & c . Hurd's Cowley , i . 187 . Oldham , speaking of the neglect of men of genius ...
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... thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Though the sun_pass_through ' t twice a year , The sun , which [ who ] is esteem'd the god of wit . ' COWLEY . 72 The difficulties which have been raised about identity in ...
... thou must write the poesy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Though the sun_pass_through ' t twice a year , The sun , which [ who ] is esteem'd the god of wit . ' COWLEY . 72 The difficulties which have been raised about identity in ...
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