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Happy had it been for Cowley's fame , had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of ...
Happy had it been for Cowley's fame , had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of ...
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... 53 the lady , however , hesitated , and was not easily to be persuaded into the lawfulness of the proposal ; and it fortunately terminated by effecting a happy reconciliation with the offending and discarded wife .
... 53 the lady , however , hesitated , and was not easily to be persuaded into the lawfulness of the proposal ; and it fortunately terminated by effecting a happy reconciliation with the offending and discarded wife .
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I affirm that there never was a commentator on the Latin poets of finer taste or happier skill . Bentley over and over again calls him ' elegantissimus . ' ' Solertissimo ingenio - et critica et poetica laude nobilis .
I affirm that there never was a commentator on the Latin poets of finer taste or happier skill . Bentley over and over again calls him ' elegantissimus . ' ' Solertissimo ingenio - et critica et poetica laude nobilis .
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Say first , for heav'n hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of hell ; say first , what cause Mov'd our grand parents in that happy state , Favour'd of heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his ...
Say first , for heav'n hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of hell ; say first , what cause Mov'd our grand parents in that happy state , Favour'd of heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his ...
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If thou beest he - But O how fall'n ! how chang'd From him , who in the happy realms of light , Cloath'd with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads , though bright ! If he , whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels ...
If thou beest he - But O how fall'n ! how chang'd From him , who in the happy realms of light , Cloath'd with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads , though bright ! If he , whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1 The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, John Mitford |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 5, 2009 |
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