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" Wash'd from the morning beauties' deepest red ; An harmless flatt'ring meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care ; He cuts out a silk mantle from the skies, Where the most sprightly azure... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The lives of the most eminent English poets - Page 57
by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 514 pages
...from the ikies, Where the moft fpritely azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with ftarry vapours ipangles all, Took in their prime, ere they grow ripe and fall...new rainbow, ere it fret or fade, The choiceft piece took out, a fcarf is made i Small ftrearQJng clouds he does for wings difplay, Not virtuo(!s ]0vers'...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets, Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 358 pages
...a- filk mantle from the fkies, Where the mofl fpritely azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fall; K4 C' Of a n.£w .rainbow, ere it .(ret or fade, The choicerl piece cutout, a fcarfe is made. This...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 418 pages
...; This he with ftarry vapours fpangles all, 805 Took in their prime, ere they grow ripe and fall i Of a new rainbow, ere it fret or fade, The choiceft piece took out, a fcarf is made i Small ftreammg clouds he does for wings difplay, Not virtuous lovers' fighs...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...filk mantle from the fkies, Where trje moft fpritely azure plcas'd the eyes 5 G * This he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they...out, a fcarfe is made. • This is a juft fpecimen of Cowley*s imagery : what might in general expreffions be great and forcible, he weakens and makes ridiculous...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...mantle from the Ikies, Where the moft fpritely azure pleai'd the eyes ; G 2 This This he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they grow ripe and fail ? Of a new rainbow, ere k fret or fade, The choiceft piece cut out, a fcarfe is made. This is...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 478 pages
...from the ikies, Where the moft fprightly azure pleas'd the eyes ; VOL I. G This Tliis he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they...imagery : what might in general expreffions be great and forcible, he weakens and makes ridiculous by branching it into fmall parts. That Gabriel was invefted...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 39-40

John Bell - English poetry - 1784 - 534 pages
...ikies, Where the moft fprightly azure pleas'd the eyes; This he with ftarry vapours fpangles all, 805 Took in their prime ere they grow ripe, and fall : Of a new rainhow, ere it fret or fade, The ehoieeft pieee took out, a fearf is made ; Small ftreaming elouds...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...filk mantle from the fltei, Where the moft fprightly azure ple«s'd tlie eyes. ; This he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they...out, a fcarfe is made, This is a juft fpecimen of Cowley*s imagery : what / *might in general expreffions be great and forcible, he weakens and makes...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...a filk mantle from the fkics, "Where the moft fprightly azure pleas'd the eyes; This he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they...made. This is a juft fpecimen of Cowley's imagery: what"might in general expreffions be great and forcible, he weakens and makes ridiculous by branching...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1795 - 610 pages
...a filk mantle from the flues, Where the moft fpritely azure pleas'd the eyes ; This he with ftarry vapours fprinkles all, Took in their prime ere they...imagery; what might in general expreffions be great and forcible, he weakens and makes ridiculous by branching it into fmall parts. That Gabriel was invefted...
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