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... hands ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 , sent back into England , that " under pre ... hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand , LORD FALKLAND'S : DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promissa parenti ...
... hands ; and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 , sent back into England , that " under pre ... hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand , LORD FALKLAND'S : DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promissa parenti ...
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... hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . A universal consternation : COWLEY . His bloody eyes he hurls round , his sharp paws Tear up the ground : then runs he wild about , Lashing his angry tail ...
... hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . A universal consternation : COWLEY . His bloody eyes he hurls round , his sharp paws Tear up the ground : then runs he wild about , Lashing his angry tail ...
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... hand- And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , ' As hands of ...
... hand- And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , ' As hands of ...
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... hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal measure dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's ...
... hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal measure dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's ...
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... hand . One passage in his Mistress is so apparently borrowed from Donne , that he probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I ...
... hand . One passage in his Mistress is so apparently borrowed from Donne , that he probably would not have written it , had it not mingled with his own thoughts , so as that he did not perceive himself taking it from another : Although I ...
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