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Page 45
... thou plowman by thy name , Yet so , the sailor saith I do him wrong : That one contends his pains are without peer , That other saith that none be like to his ; Indeed they labour both exceedingly . But since I see no shipman that can ...
... thou plowman by thy name , Yet so , the sailor saith I do him wrong : That one contends his pains are without peer , That other saith that none be like to his ; Indeed they labour both exceedingly . But since I see no shipman that can ...
Page 47
... thou canst sport in garish gauderie , To suit a fool's far - fetchéd livery . A French head joined to neck Italian : The thighs from Germany , the breast from Spain : An Englishman in none , a fool in all . " This reminds one of ...
... thou canst sport in garish gauderie , To suit a fool's far - fetchéd livery . A French head joined to neck Italian : The thighs from Germany , the breast from Spain : An Englishman in none , a fool in all . " This reminds one of ...
Page 48
... thou thy living deeds , No other tomb than that true virtue needs ! " Sat. ii . lib . iii . We cannot linger long over these poems . They were , perhaps , the first attempts in English at adapting ancient poetry to modern times ; a ...
... thou thy living deeds , No other tomb than that true virtue needs ! " Sat. ii . lib . iii . We cannot linger long over these poems . They were , perhaps , the first attempts in English at adapting ancient poetry to modern times ; a ...
Page 49
... thou let Soul be tied To men's laws , by which she shall not be tried " Neither had I read the hobbling distick which he means . For this good hap I had from a careful education to be inured and seasoned be- times with the best and ...
... thou let Soul be tied To men's laws , by which she shall not be tried " Neither had I read the hobbling distick which he means . For this good hap I had from a careful education to be inured and seasoned be- times with the best and ...
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... thou may'st rightly obey Power , her bounds know . " After the Restoration satire naturally had abundance of material . Marvell denounced the vices of the court , and , as I have said , Butler jeered at the Puritans . I think that most ...
... thou may'st rightly obey Power , her bounds know . " After the Restoration satire naturally had abundance of material . Marvell denounced the vices of the court , and , as I have said , Butler jeered at the Puritans . I think that most ...
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