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... 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 , Prior.
... 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 , Prior.
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... Milton , Par . Lost , 1. 303 . He is deformed , crooked , old , and sere , Ill - faced , worse - bodied , shapeless every where Vicious , ungentle , foolish , blunt , unkind ; Stigmatical in making , worse in mind . Thou thread , thou ...
... Milton , Par . Lost , 1. 303 . He is deformed , crooked , old , and sere , Ill - faced , worse - bodied , shapeless every where Vicious , ungentle , foolish , blunt , unkind ; Stigmatical in making , worse in mind . Thou thread , thou ...
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... Milton , P. L. ix . 168 . Ambition is a lust that's never quench'd , Grows more enflam'd , and madder by enjoyment . Ambition is the dropsy of the soul , Whose thirst we must not yield to , but control . Ambition ! the desire of active ...
... Milton , P. L. ix . 168 . Ambition is a lust that's never quench'd , Grows more enflam'd , and madder by enjoyment . Ambition is the dropsy of the soul , Whose thirst we must not yield to , but control . Ambition ! the desire of active ...
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... Milton , P. L. II . 712 . Which he can never do that's slain . * Butler Hud . III . 3 , 243 . When Greeks join'd Greeks , then was the tug of war ; The laboured battle sweat , and conquest bled . Lee , Alex . Iv . 2 . Behold in awful ...
... Milton , P. L. II . 712 . Which he can never do that's slain . * Butler Hud . III . 3 , 243 . When Greeks join'd Greeks , then was the tug of war ; The laboured battle sweat , and conquest bled . Lee , Alex . Iv . 2 . Behold in awful ...
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... Milton , Comus , 745 . Beauty is Nature's coin , must not be hoarded , But must be current , and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss , Unsavoury in th ' enjoyment of itself : If you let slip time , like a neglected ...
... Milton , Comus , 745 . Beauty is Nature's coin , must not be hoarded , But must be current , and the good thereof Consists in mutual and partaken bliss , Unsavoury in th ' enjoyment of itself : If you let slip time , like a neglected ...
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