A Compendium of English Literature, chronologically arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper ... Stereotype editionE. C. & J. Biddle, 1850 - 776 pages |
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... Sleep .. A Passionate Shepherd to his Love ... ROBERT SOUTHWELL .. The Power of Truth , Bryant , ( note ) .. 89 Times go by Turns . Scorn not the Least . Content and Rich ... Prose - Mary Magdalen's Tears Life hath no Unmeddled Joy ...
... Sleep .. A Passionate Shepherd to his Love ... ROBERT SOUTHWELL .. The Power of Truth , Bryant , ( note ) .. 89 Times go by Turns . Scorn not the Least . Content and Rich ... Prose - Mary Magdalen's Tears Life hath no Unmeddled Joy ...
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... Sleep ... 191 The Miseries of a Man's Life . 223 On Spring 191 Dawn and Progress of Reason . 223 To his Lute . 191 What is Life ? ..... 223 To the Nightingale . 192 ABRAHAM COWLEY . 225 RICHARD CRASHAW 192 Gold . 226 Lines on a Prayer ...
... Sleep ... 191 The Miseries of a Man's Life . 223 On Spring 191 Dawn and Progress of Reason . 223 To his Lute . 191 What is Life ? ..... 223 To the Nightingale . 192 ABRAHAM COWLEY . 225 RICHARD CRASHAW 192 Gold . 226 Lines on a Prayer ...
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... sleeps as yet delight ; The pleasant dreams , the quiet bed of rest ; The secret thoughts , imparted with such trust ; The wanton talk , 13 the divers change of play ; The friendship sworn , each promise kept so just , Wherewith we past ...
... sleeps as yet delight ; The pleasant dreams , the quiet bed of rest ; The secret thoughts , imparted with such trust ; The wanton talk , 13 the divers change of play ; The friendship sworn , each promise kept so just , Wherewith we past ...
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... sleeps as may beguile the night . Content thee with thine own estate ; Ne wish for Death , ne fear his might . 1 " This sonnet is perhaps the most beautiful specimen of descriptive poetry in our language . " — Dr. Nott . 2 " Soote " was ...
... sleeps as may beguile the night . Content thee with thine own estate ; Ne wish for Death , ne fear his might . 1 " This sonnet is perhaps the most beautiful specimen of descriptive poetry in our language . " — Dr. Nott . 2 " Soote " was ...
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... sleep at noon time of the day , or else make merry with their neighbours at the ale . And so a scholar that purposes to be a good husband , and desireth to reap and enjoy much fruit of learning , must till and sow thereafter . Our best ...
... sleep at noon time of the day , or else make merry with their neighbours at the ale . And so a scholar that purposes to be a good husband , and desireth to reap and enjoy much fruit of learning , must till and sow thereafter . Our best ...
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