The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... looks loose . ' In 1638 he left England , and went first to Paris ; where , by the favour of Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of visiting Grotius , then residing at the French court as ambassador from Christina of Sweden . From ...
... looks loose . ' In 1638 he left England , and went first to Paris ; where , by the favour of Lord Scudamore , he had the opportunity of visiting Grotius , then residing at the French court as ambassador from Christina of Sweden . From ...
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... look with some degree of merriment on great pro- mises and small performance ; on the man who hastens home , because his countrymen are contend- ing for their liberty , and , when he reaches the scene of action , vapours away his ...
... look with some degree of merriment on great pro- mises and small performance ; on the man who hastens home , because his countrymen are contend- ing for their liberty , and , when he reaches the scene of action , vapours away his ...
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... looks up to the distant tower , the residence of some fair inhabitant ; thus he pursues real gaiety through a day of labour or of play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of superstitious ig- norance . The ...
... looks up to the distant tower , the residence of some fair inhabitant ; thus he pursues real gaiety through a day of labour or of play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of superstitious ig- norance . The ...
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... look elsewhere for recreation ; we desert our master , and seek for companions . Another inconvenience of Milton's design is , that it requires the description of what cannot be des- cribed , the agency of spirits . He saw that imma ...
... look elsewhere for recreation ; we desert our master , and seek for companions . Another inconvenience of Milton's design is , that it requires the description of what cannot be des- cribed , the agency of spirits . He saw that imma ...
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... looks Down - cast and damp ; yet such wherein appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy , to ' have found their Chief Not in despair , to ' have found themselves not lost In loss itself ; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue : but ...
... looks Down - cast and damp ; yet such wherein appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy , to ' have found their Chief Not in despair , to ' have found themselves not lost In loss itself ; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue : but ...
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