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... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknow- ledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have ...
... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production , acknow- ledged to be just ; if it be that which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have ...
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... Once dead , how can it be , 1 Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? ** A LOVER'S HEART , A HAND GRENADO . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same ...
... Once dead , how can it be , 1 Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? ** A LOVER'S HEART , A HAND GRENADO . Wo to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same ...
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... once an egg in his mind , he cannot forbear to show us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a ...
... once an egg in his mind , he cannot forbear to show us that he knows what an egg contains : Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a ...
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... once quoted ; by Rymer it has once cracy was yet visible , has an appearance so di- been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Fleck - ferent from all other scenes of human action , noe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recol ...
... once quoted ; by Rymer it has once cracy was yet visible , has an appearance so di- been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Fleck - ferent from all other scenes of human action , noe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recol ...
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... once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To cut off his great head that came with it . Other poets describe death by some of its com- mon appearances . Cowley ...
... once his murther and his monument . Of the sword taken from Goliah , he says , A sword so great , that it was only fit To cut off his great head that came with it . Other poets describe death by some of its com- mon appearances . Cowley ...
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Addison Æneid afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censure character Charles Dryden composition considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence Dorset Dryden Duke Dunciad Earl elegance endeavoured English English poetry Essay excellence faults favour friends genius Georgics honour Hudibras Iliad images imagination imitation kind King known labour Lady language Latin learning letter lines lived Lord Lord Halifax ment mentioned Milton mind nature never night Night Thoughts nihil numbers observed occasion once opinion panegyric Paradise Lost passage passion performance perhaps Pindar play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise published Queen racter reader reason received remarks reputation rhyme satire Savage says seems sent sentiments sometimes supposed Swift Syphax Tatler thing thought tion told tragedy translation verses Virgil virtue Waller whigs write written wrote Young