The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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... virtues . At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters ...
... virtues . At Paris , as secretary to Lord Jermyn , he was engaged in transacting things of real importance with real men and real women , and at that time did not much employ his thoughts upon phantoms of gallantry . Some of his letters ...
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... virtue , his retreat was cowardice . He then took upon himself the character of phy- books ; and says , that it was used by the pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the New Testament for their ...
... virtue , his retreat was cowardice . He then took upon himself the character of phy- books ; and says , that it was used by the pagans , the Jewish Rabbins , and even the early Christians ; the latter taking the New Testament for their ...
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... virtue and of wit it will be so- licitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the consideration of all that may hereafter pant for solitude . " TO DR ...
... virtue and of wit it will be so- licitously asked , if he now was happy . Let them peruse one of his letters accidentally preserved by Peck , which I recommend to the consideration of all that may hereafter pant for solitude . " TO DR ...
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... . But you , of learning and religion , And virtue and such ingredients , have made A mithridate , whose operation Keeps off , or cures what can be done or said . Though the following lines of Donne , on the last COWLEY . 21.
... . But you , of learning and religion , And virtue and such ingredients , have made A mithridate , whose operation Keeps off , or cures what can be done or said . Though the following lines of Donne , on the last COWLEY . 21.
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... Virtue , our form's form , and our soul's soul , is . Of thoughts so far - fetched , as to be not only un- expected , but unnatural , all their books are full . To a Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various ...
... Virtue , our form's form , and our soul's soul , is . Of thoughts so far - fetched , as to be not only un- expected , but unnatural , all their books are full . To a Lady , who wrote poesies for rings . They , who above do various ...
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