Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin A. Hart, Carey & Hart, 1850 - 807 pages |
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... king's scholar . He has represented himself as revive . The Restoration reinstated him , with other so deficient in memory , as to have been unable to royalists , in his own country ; and he naturally ex retain the common rules of ...
... king's scholar . He has represented himself as revive . The Restoration reinstated him , with other so deficient in memory , as to have been unable to royalists , in his own country ; and he naturally ex retain the common rules of ...
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... king ; Enriching moisture drop'd on every thing : Plenty he sow'd below , and cast about him light ! But then , alas ! to thee alone , One of old Gideon's miracles was shown ; For every tree and every herb around With pearly dew was ...
... king ; Enriching moisture drop'd on every thing : Plenty he sow'd below , and cast about him light ! But then , alas ! to thee alone , One of old Gideon's miracles was shown ; For every tree and every herb around With pearly dew was ...
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... king ; and , in order to friend . The House of Commons desired that his conciliate the minds of the people to that act , he Majesty would issue a proclamation to call in Mil- published , early in 1649 , a work entitled , " The ton's ...
... king ; and , in order to friend . The House of Commons desired that his conciliate the minds of the people to that act , he Majesty would issue a proclamation to call in Mil- published , early in 1649 , a work entitled , " The ton's ...
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... king , whose heart , though large , Beguil'd by fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ...
... king , whose heart , though large , Beguil'd by fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ...
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... kings , when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury . The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ... king Exalted to such power , and gave to rule , Each in his hierarchy , the orders bright . Nor was his name unheard ...
... kings , when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury . The ascending pile Stood fix'd her stately height ... king Exalted to such power , and gave to rule , Each in his hierarchy , the orders bright . Nor was his name unheard ...
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