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Page 236
... eyes , To have my love to bed , and to arise ; And pluck the wings from painted butterflies , To fan the moon - beams from his fleeping eyes . If it should be thought , that Shakespeare has the merit of being the first who af- figned ...
... eyes , To have my love to bed , and to arise ; And pluck the wings from painted butterflies , To fan the moon - beams from his fleeping eyes . If it should be thought , that Shakespeare has the merit of being the first who af- figned ...
Page 327
... eyes were fixt , but You . par- Here the gives her fondness leave to expa- tiate into many amorous ideas ; + Still on that breast enamour'd let me lie , Still drink delicious poifon from thy eye , Pant on thy lip , and to thy heart be ...
... eyes were fixt , but You . par- Here the gives her fondness leave to expa- tiate into many amorous ideas ; + Still on that breast enamour'd let me lie , Still drink delicious poifon from thy eye , Pant on thy lip , and to thy heart be ...
Page 410
... eye carried through a length of building , al- most to an immenfity . Extension is cer- tainly a cause of the sublime . In ... eyes and see The men of pleasure , drefs , and gallantry ; Ours is the place , at banquets , balls and plays ...
... eye carried through a length of building , al- most to an immenfity . Extension is cer- tainly a cause of the sublime . In ... eyes and see The men of pleasure , drefs , and gallantry ; Ours is the place , at banquets , balls and plays ...
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