Poetical Works, to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J.Woodward, 1836 |
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... land ? The person that tained by the maturest age and longest experience . wants this wit may indeed be scorned , but the It was published about two years afterwards ; and , scorn shows the honour which the contemner has being praised ...
... land ? The person that tained by the maturest age and longest experience . wants this wit may indeed be scorned , but the It was published about two years afterwards ; and , scorn shows the honour which the contemner has being praised ...
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... land and water make all the difference : when Apollo , running af- fied : and yet it may be suspected that in such re- semblances the mind often governs the ear , and the sounds are estimated by their meaning . One of their most ...
... land and water make all the difference : when Apollo , running af- fied : and yet it may be suspected that in such re- semblances the mind often governs the ear , and the sounds are estimated by their meaning . One of their most ...
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... land to his denies . Of this inscription the chief fault is , that it be longs less to Rowe , for whom it was written , than This epitaph is principally remarkable for the to Dryden , who was buried near him ; and indeed artful ...
... land to his denies . Of this inscription the chief fault is , that it be longs less to Rowe , for whom it was written , than This epitaph is principally remarkable for the to Dryden , who was buried near him ; and indeed artful ...
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... land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty ...
... land appear'd in ages past , A dreary desert , and a gloomy waste , To savage beasts and savage laws a prey , And kings more furious and severe than they ; Who claim'd the skies , dispeopled air and floods , The lonely lords of empty ...
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... land ; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way , Where none learn ombre , none ere taste bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye , Like roses , that in deserts bloom and die . What moved my mind with youthful lords to ...
... land ; Where the gilt chariot never marks the way , Where none learn ombre , none ere taste bohea ! There kept my charms conceal'd from mortal eye , Like roses , that in deserts bloom and die . What moved my mind with youthful lords to ...
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