The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 44
... night . He spread the airy Ocean without shores , Where birds are wafted with their feather'd oars . Then sung the bard how the light vapours rise From the warm earth , and cloud the smiling skies ; He sung how some , chill'd in their ...
... night . He spread the airy Ocean without shores , Where birds are wafted with their feather'd oars . Then sung the bard how the light vapours rise From the warm earth , and cloud the smiling skies ; He sung how some , chill'd in their ...
Page 45
... night , about the sky ; How some in winds blow with impetuous force , And carry ruin where they bend their course , While some conspire to form a gentle breeze , To fan the air and play among the trees ; How some , enraged , grow ...
... night , about the sky ; How some in winds blow with impetuous force , And carry ruin where they bend their course , While some conspire to form a gentle breeze , To fan the air and play among the trees ; How some , enraged , grow ...
Page 48
... night ; and Fenton , as a dramatic poet , took them to the stage - door ; where the door - keeper , inquiring who they were , was told that they were three very necessary men , Ford , Broome , and Fenton . The name in the play which ...
... night ; and Fenton , as a dramatic poet , took them to the stage - door ; where the door - keeper , inquiring who they were , was told that they were three very necessary men , Ford , Broome , and Fenton . The name in the play which ...
Page 56
... night of it , in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle , who sat in the next box to us , say , ' It will do it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them . ' This was a good ...
... night of it , in great uncertainty of the event ; till we were very much encouraged by overhearing the Duke of Argyle , who sat in the next box to us , say , ' It will do it must do ! I see it in the eyes of them . ' This was a good ...
Page 96
... night , they were in the morning carried before three justices , who committed them to the gatehouse , from whence , upon the death of Mr. Sinclair , which happened the same day , they were removed in the night to Newgate , where they ...
... night , they were in the morning carried before three justices , who committed them to the gatehouse , from whence , upon the death of Mr. Sinclair , which happened the same day , they were removed in the night to Newgate , where they ...
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