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After he had read some stanza's , he turn'd to his “ steward , and bid him give the person that brought “ those verses . fifty pounds ; but upon reading the next • ftanza , he ordered the súm to be doubled .
After he had read some stanza's , he turn'd to his “ steward , and bid him give the person that brought “ those verses . fifty pounds ; but upon reading the next • ftanza , he ordered the súm to be doubled .
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Ladies are often cruel to their coft ; To give you pain , themselves they punish most . Vows of virginity should well be weigh'd ; Too oft they're cancel'd , tho'in convents made . Would you revenge such rath ...
Ladies are often cruel to their coft ; To give you pain , themselves they punish most . Vows of virginity should well be weigh'd ; Too oft they're cancel'd , tho'in convents made . Would you revenge such rath ...
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O give me Hector ! to my eyes restore His corse , anu take the gifts : I ask no more . Thou , as thou may'it , these boundless stores enjoy ; Safe may'st thou fail , and turn thy wrath from Troy , So fhall thy pity and forbearance give ...
O give me Hector ! to my eyes restore His corse , anu take the gifts : I ask no more . Thou , as thou may'it , these boundless stores enjoy ; Safe may'st thou fail , and turn thy wrath from Troy , So fhall thy pity and forbearance give ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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