The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... Command of his Highness Royal , together with the Battle and Victory obtained over the Dutch , June 3 , 1665 ....... ib . To the King 74 A Presage of the Ruin of the Turkish Empire : presented to his Majesty King James II . on his Birth ...
... Command of his Highness Royal , together with the Battle and Victory obtained over the Dutch , June 3 , 1665 ....... ib . To the King 74 A Presage of the Ruin of the Turkish Empire : presented to his Majesty King James II . on his Birth ...
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... command . The famous painter 4 could allow no place For private sorrow in a prince's face : Yet , that his piece might not exceed belief , He cast a veil upon supposed grief . ' Twas want of such a precedent as this , Made the old ...
... command . The famous painter 4 could allow no place For private sorrow in a prince's face : Yet , that his piece might not exceed belief , He cast a veil upon supposed grief . ' Twas want of such a precedent as this , Made the old ...
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... command : Thy dreadful fleet would style thee lord of all , And ride in triumph o'er the drowned ball : Those towers of oak o'er fertile plains might go , And visit mountains , where they once did grow . The world's restorer once could ...
... command : Thy dreadful fleet would style thee lord of all , And ride in triumph o'er the drowned ball : Those towers of oak o'er fertile plains might go , And visit mountains , where they once did grow . The world's restorer once could ...
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... command : Beauty had crown'd you , and you must have been The whole world's mistress , other than a queen . All had been rivals , and you might have spar'd , Or kill'd , and tyranniz'd , without a guard . No power achiev'd , either by ...
... command : Beauty had crown'd you , and you must have been The whole world's mistress , other than a queen . All had been rivals , and you might have spar'd , Or kill'd , and tyranniz'd , without a guard . No power achiev'd , either by ...
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... command : Or place her in Olympus ' top , a guest Among th ' immortals , who with nectar feast : That power would seem , that entertainment , short Of the true splendour of her present court : Where all the joys , and all the glories ...
... command : Or place her in Olympus ' top , a guest Among th ' immortals , who with nectar feast : That power would seem , that entertainment , short Of the true splendour of her present court : Where all the joys , and all the glories ...
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