“The” Lives Of The Poets Of Great Britain And Ireland, To The Time Of Dean Swift: In Four Volumes, Volume 2 |
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... my tent . Let her be guarded with nore watchful Than heaven has ftars : If here she stay I shall confume to death , ' Tis time can give my paffions remedy , * eyes Art Art thou not gone ! kill him that gazeth on The LIFE of.
... my tent . Let her be guarded with nore watchful Than heaven has ftars : If here she stay I shall confume to death , ' Tis time can give my paffions remedy , * eyes Art Art thou not gone ! kill him that gazeth on The LIFE of.
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... shall present the readers with the prologue to the Queen of Arragon , acted at Black - Fryars , as a fpecimen of this author's poetry . Ere we begin that no man may repent , Two fhillings , and his time , the author fent The prologue ...
... shall present the readers with the prologue to the Queen of Arragon , acted at Black - Fryars , as a fpecimen of this author's poetry . Ere we begin that no man may repent , Two fhillings , and his time , the author fent The prologue ...
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... shall present the reader with a quotation taken from a comedy of his , publifhed in Dodfley's col- lection of old plays , called A Bird in a Cage , P. 234. Jupiter is introduced thus fpeaking , C 4 Let Let the mufic of the spheres ...
... shall present the reader with a quotation taken from a comedy of his , publifhed in Dodfley's col- lection of old plays , called A Bird in a Cage , P. 234. Jupiter is introduced thus fpeaking , C 4 Let Let the mufic of the spheres ...
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... shall not trouble the reader with an enume- ration of all the tranflations and profe works of this author the occafion of his being introduced here , is , his having written ; Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis , confifting of a Mafque and a ...
... shall not trouble the reader with an enume- ration of all the tranflations and profe works of this author the occafion of his being introduced here , is , his having written ; Nuptials of Peleus and Thetis , confifting of a Mafque and a ...
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... shall select the following fpe- cimen of this author's poetical talent . On the Author's Valentine , Mrs. METCALF . Could I charm the queen of love , To lend a quill of her white dove ; Or one of Cupid's pointed wings Dipt in the fair ...
... shall select the following fpe- cimen of this author's poetical talent . On the Author's Valentine , Mrs. METCALF . Could I charm the queen of love , To lend a quill of her white dove ; Or one of Cupid's pointed wings Dipt in the fair ...
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