LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring th ' æquator heaven does bind . When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heaven than ' tis , will be ) ' Tis thou must ...
... Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various circles find , Say , like a ring th ' æquator heaven does bind . When heaven shall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heaven than ' tis , will be ) ' Tis thou must ...
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... lady acquainted with the ancient laws of augury and rites of sacrifice . And yet this death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When sound in every other part , Her sacrifice is found without an heart , For the last tempest ...
... lady acquainted with the ancient laws of augury and rites of sacrifice . And yet this death of mine , I fear , Will ominous to her appear : When sound in every other part , Her sacrifice is found without an heart , For the last tempest ...
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... lady , and Lawes hims.If , bearing each a part in the representation . The lady Alice Egerton became afterwards the wife of the earl of Carbury , who at his seat called Golden - grove , in Caermarthenshire , harboured Dr. Jeremy Taylor ...
... lady , and Lawes hims.If , bearing each a part in the representation . The lady Alice Egerton became afterwards the wife of the earl of Carbury , who at his seat called Golden - grove , in Caermarthenshire , harboured Dr. Jeremy Taylor ...
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... Lady Margaret Leith , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michaelmas arrived ; but the Lady had no inclination fo return to the sullen gloom of her husband's habitation , and therefore very wil- lingly forgot her ...
... Lady Margaret Leith , whom he has mentioned in one of his sonnets . At last Michaelmas arrived ; but the Lady had no inclination fo return to the sullen gloom of her husband's habitation , and therefore very wil- lingly forgot her ...
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... Lady of his college . His hair , which was of a light brown , parted at the foretop , and hung down upon his shoulders , according to the picture which he has given of Adam . He was , however , not of the heroick stature , but rather ...
... Lady of his college . His hair , which was of a light brown , parted at the foretop , and hung down upon his shoulders , according to the picture which he has given of Adam . He was , however , not of the heroick stature , but rather ...
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