The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 41
... doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis imposture all ! COWLEY . And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got , COWLEY . 41.
... doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I should not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis imposture all ! COWLEY . And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got , COWLEY . 41.
Page 44
... tell : Unhappy till the last , the kind releasing knell . His heroic lines are often formed of monosyllables ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and sonorous . He says of the Messiah , Round the whole earth his dreaded name shall sound ...
... tell : Unhappy till the last , the kind releasing knell . His heroic lines are often formed of monosyllables ; but yet they are sometimes sweet and sonorous . He says of the Messiah , Round the whole earth his dreaded name shall sound ...
Page 63
... tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself ... tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman ...
... tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself ... tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the horseman ...
Page 71
... telling that he has used persona , which , according to Milton , signifies only a mask , in a sense not known to the Romans , by applying it as we apply person . But as Nemesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has ...
... telling that he has used persona , which , according to Milton , signifies only a mask , in a sense not known to the Romans , by applying it as we apply person . But as Nemesis is always on the watch , it is memorable that he has ...
Page 100
... tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas , and how neither god can tell . He who thus ...
... tell how a shepherd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has become of Lycidas , and how neither god can tell . He who thus ...
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