The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent Let him for succour sue from place to ... hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand . LORD FALKLAND'S : DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promissa parenti ...
... hands ; " and Cowley , being no longer useful at Paris , was in 1656 sent Let him for succour sue from place to ... hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand . LORD FALKLAND'S : DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promissa parenti ...
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... hands he was , might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , regain his liberty ...
... hands he was , might free him from confinement , he did what no law of society prohibits . The man whose miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , regain his liberty ...
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... , which you yourself have made ; That pain must needs be very much , Which makes me of your hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . COWLEY . The World and a Clock . Mahol th ' inferior COWLEY . 27.
... , which you yourself have made ; That pain must needs be very much , Which makes me of your hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . COWLEY . The World and a Clock . Mahol th ' inferior COWLEY . 27.
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... Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado shot into a magazin . Then shall love keep the ashes , and torn parts , Of both our broken ...
... Hand Grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same room ; " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenado shot into a magazin . Then shall love keep the ashes , and torn parts , Of both our broken ...
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... hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double ...
... hand : And I must needs , I'm sure , a loser be , To change thee as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are such mix'd engines found , As hands of double ...
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