Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 29
... hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal measures dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's ...
... hand in hand do decently advance , And to my song with smooth and equal measures dance ; While the dance lasts , how long soe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's ...
Page 81
... hand , he had no need of uncommon expedients . Being driven from all public stations , he is yet too great not to be traced by curiosity to his retirement ; where he has been found by Mr. Richardson , the fondest of his admirers ...
... hand , he had no need of uncommon expedients . Being driven from all public stations , he is yet too great not to be traced by curiosity to his retirement ; where he has been found by Mr. Richardson , the fondest of his admirers ...
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... hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable invitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was ...
... hands than where , I hear , it is at present lodged ; and the bare mention of two such names may justify the largest expectations , and is sufficient to make the town an agreeable invitation . His greatest and noblest undertaking was ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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