LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... persons , enemies to the Muses . " The * By May's Poem , we are here to understand a continuation of , Lucan's Pharsalia , to the death of Julius Caesar , b Thomaay , an eminent ppetun hi tor a wh reigns of James and Chades I , and of ...
... persons , enemies to the Muses . " The * By May's Poem , we are here to understand a continuation of , Lucan's Pharsalia , to the death of Julius Caesar , b Thomaay , an eminent ppetun hi tor a wh reigns of James and Chades I , and of ...
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... Person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastick verses . In every thing there naturally grows A Balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
... Person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastick verses . In every thing there naturally grows A Balsamum to keep it fresh and new , If ' twere not ...
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... Person . But as Nemesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has enforced the charge of a solecism by an expression in itself grosly sole- cistical , when for one of those supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think ...
... Person . But as Nemesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has enforced the charge of a solecism by an expression in itself grosly sole- cistical , when for one of those supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think ...
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... persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of Paradise Lost there are two plans : The Cambridge Dictionary , published in 4to 1693 , is no other than a copy , with some ○ mall additions , ef that of Dr. Adam ...
... persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of Paradise Lost there are two plans : The Cambridge Dictionary , published in 4to 1693 , is no other than a copy , with some ○ mall additions , ef that of Dr. Adam ...
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... Persons , Moses , Divine Justice , Wis- dom , Heavenly Love . Chorus of Angels singing a hymn of the Creation . Heavenly Love . Evening Star . ACT II . Chorus sing the marriage - song , and de- scribe Paradise . ACT III . Lucifer ...
... Persons , Moses , Divine Justice , Wis- dom , Heavenly Love . Chorus of Angels singing a hymn of the Creation . Heavenly Love . Evening Star . ACT II . Chorus sing the marriage - song , and de- scribe Paradise . ACT III . Lucifer ...
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