The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... Arte Poetica : and of the Use of Poetry Of a Lady who writ in Praise of Myra ......... ib . To one married to an old Man ib . ib . An Epigram on a painted Lady with ill Teeth ib . Page 82 ib . 83 Page 2282 ፣፣ Epitaph on vi CONTENTS .
... Arte Poetica : and of the Use of Poetry Of a Lady who writ in Praise of Myra ......... ib . To one married to an old Man ib . ib . An Epigram on a painted Lady with ill Teeth ib . Page 82 ib . 83 Page 2282 ፣፣ Epitaph on vi CONTENTS .
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... praise , who cultivate their minds at the expense of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took care early to grow richer , by marrying Mrs. Banks , a great heiress in the city , whom the interest of the court was employed ...
... praise , who cultivate their minds at the expense of their fortunes . Rich as he was by inheritance , he took care early to grow richer , by marrying Mrs. Banks , a great heiress in the city , whom the interest of the court was employed ...
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... praises . Who they were , whom he dignifies with poetical names , cannot now be known . Amoret , according to Mr ... praise . Many qualities contribute to do- mestic happiness , upon which poetry has no colours to bestow ; and many ...
... praises . Who they were , whom he dignifies with poetical names , cannot now be known . Amoret , according to Mr ... praise . Many qualities contribute to do- mestic happiness , upon which poetry has no colours to bestow ; and many ...
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... praise given him by St. Evremond is a proof of his reputation ; for it was only by his reputation that he could be known , as a writer , to a man who , though he lived a great part of a long life upon an English pension , never ...
... praise given him by St. Evremond is a proof of his reputation ; for it was only by his reputation that he could be known , as a writer , to a man who , though he lived a great part of a long life upon an English pension , never ...
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... praise he was very lavish , as is observed by his imitator , lord Lansdowne : No satyr stalks within the hallow'd ground , But queens and heroines , kings and gods abound ; Glory and arms and love are all the sound . In the first poem ...
... praise he was very lavish , as is observed by his imitator , lord Lansdowne : No satyr stalks within the hallow'd ground , But queens and heroines , kings and gods abound ; Glory and arms and love are all the sound . In the first poem ...
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