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Page vii
... British Muse , published in 1738 , though very satisfactory as far as it goes , and always within reach of a moderate purse , stops short at Herrick , and consequently omits Milton , Butler , viii PREFACE . Waller , Dryden , Addison , ...
... British Muse , published in 1738 , though very satisfactory as far as it goes , and always within reach of a moderate purse , stops short at Herrick , and consequently omits Milton , Butler , viii PREFACE . Waller , Dryden , Addison , ...
Page viii
Henry George Bohn. viii PREFACE . Waller , Dryden , Addison , Prior , Gay , Pope , Swift , Thomson , and a great many others who flourished within his time ; and these were precisely the poets we most cared to cultivate . In later years ...
Henry George Bohn. viii PREFACE . Waller , Dryden , Addison , Prior , Gay , Pope , Swift , Thomson , and a great many others who flourished within his time ; and these were precisely the poets we most cared to cultivate . In later years ...
Page xi
... ADDISON , Joseph , born 1672 , died 1719. Camp . Campaign , a Poem . AKENSIDE , Mark , 1721-1770 . Pl . Im . Pleasures of Imagination . ALEYN , Charles , 1600-1640 . H. VII . Henry VII . ARBUTHNOT , Dr. John , 1675-1735 . ARMSTRONG , Dr ...
... ADDISON , Joseph , born 1672 , died 1719. Camp . Campaign , a Poem . AKENSIDE , Mark , 1721-1770 . Pl . Im . Pleasures of Imagination . ALEYN , Charles , 1600-1640 . H. VII . Henry VII . ARBUTHNOT , Dr. John , 1675-1735 . ARMSTRONG , Dr ...
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... Addison , Cato . Where is the hero who ne'er found his equal ? Or which the nation that can boast a chief Who still return'd victorious from the field ? To exult , Even o'er an enemy oppressed , and heap Affliction on the afflicted , is ...
... Addison , Cato . Where is the hero who ne'er found his equal ? Or which the nation that can boast a chief Who still return'd victorious from the field ? To exult , Even o'er an enemy oppressed , and heap Affliction on the afflicted , is ...
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... Addison , Cato . Will not affront me , and no other can Couper , Convers . 191 . AFTERNOON . The sun has drunk The dew that lay upon the morning grass ; There is no rustling in the lofty elm That canopies my dwelling , and its shade ...
... Addison , Cato . Will not affront me , and no other can Couper , Convers . 191 . AFTERNOON . The sun has drunk The dew that lay upon the morning grass ; There is no rustling in the lofty elm That canopies my dwelling , and its shade ...
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