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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... tell them of their imminent danger , and happy escape ; and in- form them , that the design was " to seize the lord mayor and all the committee of militia , and would not spare one of them . " They drew up a vow and covenant , to be ...
... tell them of their imminent danger , and happy escape ; and in- form them , that the design was " to seize the lord mayor and all the committee of militia , and would not spare one of them . " They drew up a vow and covenant , to be ...
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... tell them , that he " is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller had threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very cruel , long , and ruinous restraint : -He therefore ...
... tell them , that he " is in custody , as he conceives , without any charge ; and that , by what Mr. Waller had threatened him with since he was imprisoned , he doth apprehend a very cruel , long , and ruinous restraint : -He therefore ...
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... tell him , that " the king wondered he could think of marrying his daughter to a falling church . " - " The king , " said Waller , " does me great honour , in taking notice of my domestic affairs ; but I have lived long enough to ...
... tell him , that " the king wondered he could think of marrying his daughter to a falling church . " - " The king , " said Waller , " does me great honour , in taking notice of my domestic affairs ; but I have lived long enough to ...
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... tell them too , what care has been taken by the learned , to preserve the fragments of the antient Greek and Latin poets : there has been thought to be a divinity in what they said ; and therefore the least pieces of it have been kept ...
... tell them too , what care has been taken by the learned , to preserve the fragments of the antient Greek and Latin poets : there has been thought to be a divinity in what they said ; and therefore the least pieces of it have been kept ...
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... tell ) no greater wonders do : Before his feet so sheep and lions lay , Fearless , and wrathless , while they heard him play . The gay , the wise , the gallant , and the grave , Subdued alike , all but one passion have : No worthy mind ...
... tell ) no greater wonders do : Before his feet so sheep and lions lay , Fearless , and wrathless , while they heard him play . The gay , the wise , the gallant , and the grave , Subdued alike , all but one passion have : No worthy mind ...
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