Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
... honour , Cleiveland has paralleled it with the Sun : The moderate value of our guiltless ore Makes no man atheist , and no woman whore ; Yet why should hallow'd vestal's sacred shrine Deserve more honour than a flaming mine ? These ...
Page 68
... honour to his memory . Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry , and his malig- nity to the Church by some lines which are ...
... honour to his memory . Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry , and his malig- nity to the Church by some lines which are ...
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... honours , and increase the year -- What's meant by increasing the year ? Did the gods or goddesses add more months , or days , or hours to it ? Or how can arva tueri signify to wear rural honours ? Is this to translate , or abuse an ...
... honours , and increase the year -- What's meant by increasing the year ? Did the gods or goddesses add more months , or days , or hours to it ? Or how can arva tueri signify to wear rural honours ? Is this to translate , or abuse an ...
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