LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 21
... true Taste of Tears . Hither with crystal vials , lovers , come , And take my tears , which are love's wine , And try your mistress ' tears at home ; For all are false , that taste not just like mine . LONNE This is yet more indelicate ...
... true Taste of Tears . Hither with crystal vials , lovers , come , And take my tears , which are love's wine , And try your mistress ' tears at home ; For all are false , that taste not just like mine . LONNE This is yet more indelicate ...
Page 24
... true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not assigned it by chance , the mind must be thought sufficiently at ease that could attend to such minuteness of physiology , But the power of ...
... true . The bay - leaf crackles remarkably as it burns ; as therefore this property was not assigned it by chance , the mind must be thought sufficiently at ease that could attend to such minuteness of physiology , But the power of ...
Page 26
... true of real fire is said of love , or figurative fire , the same word in the same sentence retaining both significations . Thus , " observing the cold regard of his mistress's eyes , " and at the same time their power of producing love ...
... true of real fire is said of love , or figurative fire , the same word in the same sentence retaining both significations . Thus , " observing the cold regard of his mistress's eyes , " and at the same time their power of producing love ...
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... true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill read , the art of reading them is at present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He has indeed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could ...
... true , that his numbers are unmusical only when they are ill read , the art of reading them is at present lost ; for they are commonly harsh to modern ears . He has indeed many noble lines , such as the feeble care of Waller never could ...
Page 43
... True to his sense , but truer to his fame . " The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was not at that time generally known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works ...
... True to his sense , but truer to his fame . " The excellence of these lines is greater , as the truth which they contain was not at that time generally known . His poem on the death of Cowley was his last , and , among his shorter works ...
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