Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieT. Wardle, 1840 - 807 pages |
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... Spleen . An Epistle to Mr. Cuthbert Jackson 310 ... ADDISON . On Barclay's Apology for the Quakers The Seeker .. 317 ib . A Letter from Italy to the Right Hon . Charles Lord Halifax , in the year 1701 ....... 232 The Grotto . Written by ...
... Spleen . An Epistle to Mr. Cuthbert Jackson 310 ... ADDISON . On Barclay's Apology for the Quakers The Seeker .. 317 ib . A Letter from Italy to the Right Hon . Charles Lord Halifax , in the year 1701 ....... 232 The Grotto . Written by ...
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... spleen or vapors meant . Of wine she never tasted through the year , But white and black was all her homely cheer : Brown bread , and milk , ( but first she skimm'd her bowls ) And rashers of sing'd bacon on the coals . On holy - days ...
... spleen or vapors meant . Of wine she never tasted through the year , But white and black was all her homely cheer : Brown bread , and milk , ( but first she skimm'd her bowls ) And rashers of sing'd bacon on the coals . On holy - days ...
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... spleen to cure its own . Those sacred Virgins whom the bards revere Tun'd all her voice , and shed a sweetness there , To make her sense with double charms abound , Or make her lively nonsense please by sound . To dress the maid , the ...
... spleen to cure its own . Those sacred Virgins whom the bards revere Tun'd all her voice , and shed a sweetness there , To make her sense with double charms abound , Or make her lively nonsense please by sound . To dress the maid , the ...
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... spleen's imagin'd pains , Nor melancholy stagnates in her veins ; She never loses life in thoughtless ease , Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ; Her home - spun dress in simple neatness lies , And for no glaring equipage she sighs ...
... spleen's imagin'd pains , Nor melancholy stagnates in her veins ; She never loses life in thoughtless ease , Nor on the velvet couch invites disease ; Her home - spun dress in simple neatness lies , And for no glaring equipage she sighs ...
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... Spleen . " He passed his read when young , he did not forget . The austerity life in celibacy , and died in 1737 , at the early age in which he was educated had the effect of inspiring of forty - one , in lodgings in Gracechurch ...
... Spleen . " He passed his read when young , he did not forget . The austerity life in celibacy , and died in 1737 , at the early age in which he was educated had the effect of inspiring of forty - one , in lodgings in Gracechurch ...
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Abra angels arms behold blest blood breast breath bright call'd charms Cloacina clouds courser crown'd Dagon death delight Derry divine dread drest Earth ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flies forc'd form'd Gaul glory grace grief hand happy hast hath head heart Heaven Hell hills honor hope join'd king labor light live lord lov'd Lubberkin lyre maid mighty mind Muse ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure praise pride proud race rage rais'd reign rise round Satan seem'd shade shine sight sing song soon sorrow soul spirits Spleen stood stream swain sweet tears tempests Thalestris Thebes thee Theseus thine things thou thought throne toil trembling turn'd Twas vex'd Virg virtue voice winds wings wise woods youth