Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... fix'd , and motionless : Yet stay , be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me , Some other means I have which may be us'd , Which once of Melibaus old I learnt , The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains . 819 There is a gentle nymph ...
... fix'd , and motionless : Yet stay , be not disturb'd ; now I bethink me , Some other means I have which may be us'd , Which once of Melibaus old I learnt , The soothest shepherd that e'er pip'd on plains . 819 There is a gentle nymph ...
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... fix'd mind And high disdain from sense of injur'd merit , That with the Mightiest rais'd me to contend , And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of spirits arm'd , That durst dislike his reign , and , me preferring ...
... fix'd mind And high disdain from sense of injur'd merit , That with the Mightiest rais'd me to contend , And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of spirits arm'd , That durst dislike his reign , and , me preferring ...
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... fix'd her stately height : and straight the Reduce their shapes immense , and were at large , doors , Opening their brazen folds , discover , wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof ...
... fix'd her stately height : and straight the Reduce their shapes immense , and were at large , doors , Opening their brazen folds , discover , wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof ...
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... fix'd laws of Heaven , Did first create your leader ; next , free choice , With what besides , in counsel or in fight , Hath been achiev'd of merit ; yet this loss , Thus far at least recover'd , hath much more Establish'd in a safe ...
... fix'd laws of Heaven , Did first create your leader ; next , free choice , With what besides , in counsel or in fight , Hath been achiev'd of merit ; yet this loss , Thus far at least recover'd , hath much more Establish'd in a safe ...
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... Fix'd fate , free will , foreknowledge absolute , And found no end , in wandering mazes lost . Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and final misery , Passion and apathy , and glory and shame , Vain wisdom all , and ...
... Fix'd fate , free will , foreknowledge absolute , And found no end , in wandering mazes lost . Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and final misery , Passion and apathy , and glory and shame , Vain wisdom all , and ...
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