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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... rest of his papers by the fire that was in his chimney , he had certainly lost his life by it . " The question cannot be decided . It is not unreasonable to believe , that the men in power , receiving intelligence from the sister ...
... rest of his papers by the fire that was in his chimney , he had certainly lost his life by it . " The question cannot be decided . It is not unreasonable to believe , that the men in power , receiving intelligence from the sister ...
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... rest of Charles's reign . At the accession of king James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the Turkish Empire , which he presented to the ...
... rest of Charles's reign . At the accession of king James ( in 1685 ) he was chosen for parliament , being then fourscore , at Saltash in Cornwall ; and wrote a Presage of the Downfall of the Turkish Empire , which he presented to the ...
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... rest . The Sacred Poems , however , deserve particular regard ; they were the work of Waller's declining life , of those hours in which he looked upon the fame and the folly of the time past with the sentiments which his great ...
... rest . The Sacred Poems , however , deserve particular regard ; they were the work of Waller's declining life , of those hours in which he looked upon the fame and the folly of the time past with the sentiments which his great ...
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... Rest to the limbs , and quiet , I confer On troubled minds : but nought can add to her , Whom Heaven , and her transcendent thoughts , have plac'd Above those ills which wretched mortals taste . Bright as the deathless gods , and happy ...
... Rest to the limbs , and quiet , I confer On troubled minds : but nought can add to her , Whom Heaven , and her transcendent thoughts , have plac'd Above those ills which wretched mortals taste . Bright as the deathless gods , and happy ...
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... rest from endless care ! OF THE LADY WHO CAN SLEEP WHEN SHE PLEASES . No wonder sleep from careful lovers flies , To bathe himself in Sacharissa's eyes . As fair Astræa once from earth to heaven , By strife and loud impiety was driven ...
... rest from endless care ! OF THE LADY WHO CAN SLEEP WHEN SHE PLEASES . No wonder sleep from careful lovers flies , To bathe himself in Sacharissa's eyes . As fair Astræa once from earth to heaven , By strife and loud impiety was driven ...
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