LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... give now all the pleasure which they ever gave . If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called ...
... give now all the pleasure which they ever gave . If he was formed by nature for one kind of writing more than for another , his power seems to have been greatest in the familiar and the festive . The next class of his poems is called ...
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... give efficacy to his words , concludes by lashing his breast with his long tail . Envy , after a pause , steps out , and among other declarations of her zeal utters these lines : Do thou but treat , loud storms shall make reply , And ...
... give efficacy to his words , concludes by lashing his breast with his long tail . Envy , after a pause , steps out , and among other declarations of her zeal utters these lines : Do thou but treat , loud storms shall make reply , And ...
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... give metals birth , Where he the growth of fatal gold does see , Gold , which alone more influence has than he . In one passage he starts a sudden question , to the confusion of philosophy : Ye learned heads , whom ivy garlands grace ...
... give metals birth , Where he the growth of fatal gold does see , Gold , which alone more influence has than he . In one passage he starts a sudden question , to the confusion of philosophy : Ye learned heads , whom ivy garlands grace ...
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... give his own account subjoined to this line , Nor can the glory contain itself in th ' endless space . " I am sorry that it is n'ecessary to admonish the most part of readers , that it " is not by negligence that this verse is so loose ...
... give his own account subjoined to this line , Nor can the glory contain itself in th ' endless space . " I am sorry that it is n'ecessary to admonish the most part of readers , that it " is not by negligence that this verse is so loose ...
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... give advantage to be more fit . When he left the university , he returned to his father , then residing at Horton in Buckinghamshire , with whom he lived five years ; in which time he is said to have read all the Greek and Latin writers ...
... give advantage to be more fit . When he left the university , he returned to his father , then residing at Horton in Buckinghamshire , with whom he lived five years ; in which time he is said to have read all the Greek and Latin writers ...
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