Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, 1. köideDavid P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... rich with poor . The syntax thus tends to use parallelism heavily ( “ rich to dinner ” balances " poor to rest " ) , there is a feeling of stability and equilibrium , and the lines have the peculiar tone of assurance which characterizes ...
... rich with poor . The syntax thus tends to use parallelism heavily ( “ rich to dinner ” balances " poor to rest " ) , there is a feeling of stability and equilibrium , and the lines have the peculiar tone of assurance which characterizes ...
Page 213
... rich , one Py- thocles , a friend of his , whom he desired might be made a rich man too ; " but I entreat you that you would not do it just the same way as you have done to many less deserving persons , but in the most gentlemanly ...
... rich , one Py- thocles , a friend of his , whom he desired might be made a rich man too ; " but I entreat you that you would not do it just the same way as you have done to many less deserving persons , but in the most gentlemanly ...
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... rich lading to the bottom went : Down sinks at once ( so Fortune with us sports ! ) The pay of armies , and the pride of courts . Vain man ! whose rage buries as low that store , As avarice had digg'd for it before : What Earth , in her ...
... rich lading to the bottom went : Down sinks at once ( so Fortune with us sports ! ) The pay of armies , and the pride of courts . Vain man ! whose rage buries as low that store , As avarice had digg'd for it before : What Earth , in her ...
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