Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical NoticesThomas Wardle, 1846 - 807 pages |
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... this hour might reign , Had she not evil counsels ta'en . Fundamental laws she broke , And still new favorites she chose , Till up in 6 COWLEY . Honor Of Myself ២៥ The Motto Tentanda via est, The Chronicle A Ballad.
... this hour might reign , Had she not evil counsels ta'en . Fundamental laws she broke , And still new favorites she chose , Till up in 6 COWLEY . Honor Of Myself ២៥ The Motto Tentanda via est, The Chronicle A Ballad.
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... laws , And holy dictate of spare Temperance : And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness than this thy present lot . Enjoy your dear wit , and gay rhetoric , 790 That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence ...
... laws , And holy dictate of spare Temperance : And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness than this thy present lot . Enjoy your dear wit , and gay rhetoric , 790 That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence ...
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... laws of Heaven , Did first create your leader ; next , free choice , With what besides , in counsel or in fight , Hath been achiev'd of merit ; yet this loss , Thus far at least recover'd , hath much more Establish'd in a safe unenvied ...
... laws of Heaven , Did first create your leader ; next , free choice , With what besides , in counsel or in fight , Hath been achiev'd of merit ; yet this loss , Thus far at least recover'd , hath much more Establish'd in a safe unenvied ...
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... laws impos'd , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forc'd Halleluiahs ; while he ... law unjust That so ordains : this was at first resolv'd , If we were wise , against so great a foe Contending , and so ...
... laws impos'd , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forc'd Halleluiahs ; while he ... law unjust That so ordains : this was at first resolv'd , If we were wise , against so great a foe Contending , and so ...
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... laws . ' " So spake the false archangel , and infus'd Bad influence into the unwary breast Of his associate : he ... laws thou see'st impos'd ; New laws from him who reigns , new minds may raise In us who serve , new counsels , to debate ...
... laws . ' " So spake the false archangel , and infus'd Bad influence into the unwary breast Of his associate : he ... laws thou see'st impos'd ; New laws from him who reigns , new minds may raise In us who serve , new counsels , to debate ...
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