Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... join'd with Hell in triple knot Against the unarm'd weakness of one virgin , Alone and helpless ! Is this the confidence You gave me , brother ? El . Br . 580 Yes , and keep it still ; Lean on it safely ; not a period Shall be unsaid ...
... join'd with Hell in triple knot Against the unarm'd weakness of one virgin , Alone and helpless ! Is this the confidence You gave me , brother ? El . Br . 580 Yes , and keep it still ; Lean on it safely ; not a period Shall be unsaid ...
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... Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger prov'd He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those ...
... Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger prov'd He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those ...
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... join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since , baptiz'd or infidel , Jousted in ...
... join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since , baptiz'd or infidel , Jousted in ...
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... join'd With his own folly ? That be from thee far , That far be from thee , Father , who art judge Of all things made , and judgest only right . Or shall the adversary thus obtain His end , and frustrate thine ? shall he fulfil His ...
... join'd With his own folly ? That be from thee far , That far be from thee , Father , who art judge Of all things made , and judgest only right . Or shall the adversary thus obtain His end , and frustrate thine ? shall he fulfil His ...
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... join'd sons and daughters born First from the ancient world those giants came With many a vain exploit , though then renown'd : The builders next of Babel on the plain Over mount Sion , and , though that were large , Over the Promis'd ...
... join'd sons and daughters born First from the ancient world those giants came With many a vain exploit , though then renown'd : The builders next of Babel on the plain Over mount Sion , and , though that were large , Over the Promis'd ...
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