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... LADY , WHO WROTE POESIES FOR RIN They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator heaven does bind When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heav'n than ' tis will be ' Tis thou must write the ...
... LADY , WHO WROTE POESIES FOR RIN They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring , th ' equator heaven does bind When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heav'n than ' tis will be ' Tis thou must write the ...
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... ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels ' lustres rise : And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good desire . DONNE . They were in very little care to clothe their notions with ...
... ladies ' eyes , Then from their beams their jewels ' lustres rise : And from their jewels torches do take fire , And all is warmth , and light , and good desire . DONNE . They were in very little care to clothe their notions with ...
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... Lady Alice Egerton , his daughter , passing through a place called the Hay- He went to the University with a design of wood forest , or , Haywood , in Herefordshire , were entering into the church , but in time altered benighted , and ...
... Lady Alice Egerton , his daughter , passing through a place called the Hay- He went to the University with a design of wood forest , or , Haywood , in Herefordshire , were entering into the church , but in time altered benighted , and ...
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... Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has men- tioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michael- mas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her husband's ha- bitation , and therefore very willingly forgot her ...
... Lady Margaret Leigh , whom he has men- tioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michael- mas arrived ; but the lady had no inclination to return to the sullen gloom of her husband's ha- bitation , and therefore very willingly forgot her ...
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... lady of his college . His hair , which was of a light brown , parted at the fore- top , and hung down upon his shoulders , accord- ing to the picture which he has given of Adam . He was , however , not of the heroic stature , but rather ...
... lady of his college . His hair , which was of a light brown , parted at the fore- top , and hung down upon his shoulders , accord- ing to the picture which he has given of Adam . He was , however , not of the heroic stature , but rather ...
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