The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be in- quired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets ...
... death . " This is no favourable representation , yet even in this not much wrong can be discovered . How far he complied with the men in power , is to be in- quired before he can be blamed . It is not said that he told them any secrets ...
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... death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance . There is a dis course concerning his government , indeed , with verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained its author no ...
... death , in which Wood's narrative seems to imply something encomiastic , there has been no appearance . There is a dis course concerning his government , indeed , with verses intermixed , but such as certainly gained its author no ...
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... death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . - H . * 1663 . + Here is an error in the designation ...
... death of Julius Cæsar , by Thomas May , an eminent poet and historian , who flourished in the reigns of James and Charles I. and of whom a life is given in the Biographia Britannica . - H . * 1663 . + Here is an error in the designation ...
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... 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 of my death Shall sigh out that too , with my breath . That the chaos was harmonized ...
... 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 of my death Shall sigh out that too , with my breath . That the chaos was harmonized ...
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... Death , a Voyage . No family E'er rigg'd a soul for Heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes , with him in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd ...
... Death , a Voyage . No family E'er rigg'd a soul for Heaven's discovery , With whom more venturers might boldly dare Venture their stakes , with him in joy to share . DONNE . Their thoughts and expressions were sometimes grossly absurd ...
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