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... VERSES 140 142 143 143 • • 145 146 147 147 148 149 149 150 · AN APOLOGY FOR HAVING LOVED BEFORE THE NIGHT - PIECE 153 154 PART OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL'S ENEIS , ' TRANS- LATED . ON THE PICTURE OF A FAIR YOUTH ON A BREDE OF DIVERS ...
... VERSES 140 142 143 143 • • 145 146 147 147 148 149 149 150 · AN APOLOGY FOR HAVING LOVED BEFORE THE NIGHT - PIECE 153 154 PART OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF VIRGIL'S ENEIS , ' TRANS- LATED . ON THE PICTURE OF A FAIR YOUTH ON A BREDE OF DIVERS ...
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... VERSES TO DR . GEORGE ROGERS INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER OF ENGLISH VERSE · 178 179 180 181 182 192 · TO A PERSON OF HONOUR 193 TO A FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR 194 TO THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS , WHEN SHE WAS TAKING LEAVE OF THE COURT AT DOVER TO ...
... VERSES TO DR . GEORGE ROGERS INSTRUCTIONS TO A PAINTER OF ENGLISH VERSE · 178 179 180 181 182 192 · TO A PERSON OF HONOUR 193 TO A FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR 194 TO THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS , WHEN SHE WAS TAKING LEAVE OF THE COURT AT DOVER TO ...
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... VERSES TO KING JAMES II . 227 • • LONG AND SHORT LIFE TRANSLATED OUT OF SPANISH TRANSLATED OUT OF FRENCH . 227 • 227 228 SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY , DESIGNED FOR A CONTENTS . vii.
... VERSES TO KING JAMES II . 227 • • LONG AND SHORT LIFE TRANSLATED OUT OF SPANISH TRANSLATED OUT OF FRENCH . 227 • 227 228 SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY , DESIGNED FOR A CONTENTS . vii.
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Edmund Waller Robert Bell. SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY , DESIGNED FOR A ON THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES I. PRIDE · · PAGE FRIEND , ON HIS TRANSLATION OF OVID'S FASTI ' • · 228 • 228 229 230 231 232 EPITAPH ON SIR GEORGE SPEKE EPITAPH ...
Edmund Waller Robert Bell. SOME VERSES OF AN IMPERFECT COPY , DESIGNED FOR A ON THE STATUE OF KING CHARLES I. PRIDE · · PAGE FRIEND , ON HIS TRANSLATION OF OVID'S FASTI ' • · 228 • 228 229 230 231 232 EPITAPH ON SIR GEORGE SPEKE EPITAPH ...
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... the piece . Grand exaggerations were common enough in that age of patronage and hyperbole . The metrical system developed and laid down in these verses distinguishes them from all other first attempts in poetry . 14 EDMUND WALLER .
... the piece . Grand exaggerations were common enough in that age of patronage and hyperbole . The metrical system developed and laid down in these verses distinguishes them from all other first attempts in poetry . 14 EDMUND WALLER .
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