Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1820 - 807 pages "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... breath a flame entire , That being shot , like lightning , in , Wounds the heart , but not the skin . FIRST GRACE . At his sight , the Sun hath turned , Neptune in the waters , burned ; Hell hath felt a greater heat : Jove himself ...
... breath a flame entire , That being shot , like lightning , in , Wounds the heart , but not the skin . FIRST GRACE . At his sight , the Sun hath turned , Neptune in the waters , burned ; Hell hath felt a greater heat : Jove himself ...
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... breath'd , firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat : Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage ... Breathing BOOK 1 . 33 PARADISE LOST .
... breath'd , firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat : Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage ... Breathing BOOK 1 . 33 PARADISE LOST .
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... breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awak'd , should blow them into sevenfold rage , And plunge us in the flames ? or , from above , Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right hand to plague us ? What if all Her stores ...
... breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awak'd , should blow them into sevenfold rage , And plunge us in the flames ? or , from above , Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right hand to plague us ? What if all Her stores ...
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... breath'st defiance here and scorn , Where I reign king , and , to enrage thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive , and to thy speed add wings , Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering , or ...
... breath'st defiance here and scorn , Where I reign king , and , to enrage thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive , and to thy speed add wings , Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering , or ...
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... breath of Morn , when she ascends Well known from Heaven ; and since meridian hour With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising Sun No creature thence : if spirit of other sort , So minded , have o'er - leap'd these earthy bounds On ...
... breath of Morn , when she ascends Well known from Heaven ; and since meridian hour With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising Sun No creature thence : if spirit of other sort , So minded , have o'er - leap'd these earthy bounds On ...
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