Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, 1. köideDavid P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... LOST UPON A WAGER . AS soon hereafter will I wagers lay ' Gainst what an oracle shall say ; Fool that I was , to venture to deny A tongue so us'd to victory ! A tongue so blest by Nature and by Art , That never yet it spoke but gain'd ...
... LOST UPON A WAGER . AS soon hereafter will I wagers lay ' Gainst what an oracle shall say ; Fool that I was , to venture to deny A tongue so us'd to victory ! A tongue so blest by Nature and by Art , That never yet it spoke but gain'd ...
Page 267
... lost , no more than life redeem'd . This fatall Hubert findes , if honour be As much in princes lost , when it grows less , As when it dies in men of next degree : tlife , Princes are , only princes by excess . For having twice with his ...
... lost , no more than life redeem'd . This fatall Hubert findes , if honour be As much in princes lost , when it grows less , As when it dies in men of next degree : tlife , Princes are , only princes by excess . For having twice with his ...
Page 274
... lost , and fate forsook ; The two that were of all but fame bereft , From Hurgonil the weeping people took . Whilst of them both sad Hurgonil takes leave , Till th ' universal meeting faith provides , The day when all shall publickly ...
... lost , and fate forsook ; The two that were of all but fame bereft , From Hurgonil the weeping people took . Whilst of them both sad Hurgonil takes leave , Till th ' universal meeting faith provides , The day when all shall publickly ...
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