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Page 250
... late repair To ferny heaths , and to their forest lair , She made a mannerly excuse to stay , Proff'ring the Hind to wait her half the way ; That , since the sky was clear , an hour of talk Might help her to beguile the tedious walk ...
... late repair To ferny heaths , and to their forest lair , She made a mannerly excuse to stay , Proff'ring the Hind to wait her half the way ; That , since the sky was clear , an hour of talk Might help her to beguile the tedious walk ...
Page 293
... the giddy turns of state , When mortals search too soon , and fear too late . 40 VII Enjoy the present smiling hour , And put it out of Fortune's pow'r ; 50 The tide of bus'ness , like the running stream , TWENTY - NINTH ODE OF HORACE 293.
... the giddy turns of state , When mortals search too soon , and fear too late . 40 VII Enjoy the present smiling hour , And put it out of Fortune's pow'r ; 50 The tide of bus'ness , like the running stream , TWENTY - NINTH ODE OF HORACE 293.
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John Dryden. PAGE 393 Longinus ( 23 ) : most famous late classical critic ; see his On the Sublime , ch . 12 . 393 ... late great poets ( 8 ) : Cowley . 397 Rochester ( 22 ) : ( d . 1680 ) dissipated , talented member of Charles II's ...
John Dryden. PAGE 393 Longinus ( 23 ) : most famous late classical critic ; see his On the Sublime , ch . 12 . 393 ... late great poets ( 8 ) : Cowley . 397 Rochester ( 22 ) : ( d . 1680 ) dissipated , talented member of Charles II's ...
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