Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, 1. köideDavid P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... noble . 1 have seen originals , both in painting and poesy , much more beautiful than their natural objects ; but I never saw a copy better than the original : which in- deed cannot be otherwise ; for men resolving in no case to shoot ...
... noble . 1 have seen originals , both in painting and poesy , much more beautiful than their natural objects ; but I never saw a copy better than the original : which in- deed cannot be otherwise ; for men resolving in no case to shoot ...
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... noble Gondibert reply'd : " I wish it were not needful to be great ; That Heav'n's unenvy'd pow'r might men so awe , As we should need no armies for defeat , Nor for protection be at charge of law . " But more than Heav'n's , men man's ...
... noble Gondibert reply'd : " I wish it were not needful to be great ; That Heav'n's unenvy'd pow'r might men so awe , As we should need no armies for defeat , Nor for protection be at charge of law . " But more than Heav'n's , men man's ...
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... noble to be well describ'd or prais'd . Before the door , fix'd in an awe profound , I stood , and gaz'd with pleasing wonder round , When one approach'd who bore much sober grace , Order and ceremony in his face ; A threatening rod did ...
... noble to be well describ'd or prais'd . Before the door , fix'd in an awe profound , I stood , and gaz'd with pleasing wonder round , When one approach'd who bore much sober grace , Order and ceremony in his face ; A threatening rod did ...
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