“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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... against myself , When I oppose her - all perfection ! O fee ! the pearled dew drops from her eyes ; Arife in peace , sweet soul . In the fame fcene the following is extremely beautiful . I'm ftruck with light'ning from the torrid zone ...
... against myself , When I oppose her - all perfection ! O fee ! the pearled dew drops from her eyes ; Arife in peace , sweet soul . In the fame fcene the following is extremely beautiful . I'm ftruck with light'ning from the torrid zone ...
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... against us . Be fudden to our tents - pray thee away , The hell on earth is love that brings delay . 00000000000 A THOMAS MAY , POET and hiftorian of the 17th century , was defcended of an ancient , but decayed family in the county of ...
... against us . Be fudden to our tents - pray thee away , The hell on earth is love that brings delay . 00000000000 A THOMAS MAY , POET and hiftorian of the 17th century , was defcended of an ancient , but decayed family in the county of ...
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... against the round - heads . After the garrifon of Oxford furrendered , he retired to Westminster , kept a public houfe in Phænix Alley near Long Acre , and continued conftant in his loyalty to the King : after whofe death , he fet up a ...
... against the round - heads . After the garrifon of Oxford furrendered , he retired to Westminster , kept a public houfe in Phænix Alley near Long Acre , and continued conftant in his loyalty to the King : after whofe death , he fet up a ...
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... against this Play , and another of the same caft called Chrift's Paffion ; but let us hear the opinion of Voffius himself , prefixed to this Play . " I am of opinion , ( fays he ) it is " better to chufe another argument than facred ...
... against this Play , and another of the same caft called Chrift's Paffion ; but let us hear the opinion of Voffius himself , prefixed to this Play . " I am of opinion , ( fays he ) it is " better to chufe another argument than facred ...
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... against the Pref- byterians , who perfecuted him in their turn with more folid feverity ; for he was ejected , ar foon as the reins of power were in their hands . Dr. Fuller beftows upon our author the most lavish panegyric : He was ...
... against the Pref- byterians , who perfecuted him in their turn with more folid feverity ; for he was ejected , ar foon as the reins of power were in their hands . Dr. Fuller beftows upon our author the most lavish panegyric : He was ...
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