LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... once , and then never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for B 2 the In ...
... once , and then never had resolution to tell his passion . This consideration cannot but abate , in some measure , the reader's esteem for the work and the author . To love excellence , is natural ; it is natural likewise for B 2 the In ...
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... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production acknowledged to be just ; if it be that , which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have ...
... once natural and new , that which , though not obvious , is , upon its first production acknowledged to be just ; if it be that , which he that never found it wonders how he missed ; to wit of this kind the metaphysical poets have ...
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... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same ...
... Once dead , how can it be , Death should a thing so pleasant seem to thee , That thou should'st come to live it o'er again in me ? A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Woe to her stubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self - same ...
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... once an egg in his mind , he cannot forbear to shew us that he know contains : what an egg Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with a piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a ...
... once an egg in his mind , he cannot forbear to shew us that he know contains : what an egg Thou into the close nests of Time dost peep , And there with a piercing eye Through the firm shell and the thick white dost spy Years to come a ...
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... once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mac Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of English literature . Of ...
... once quoted ; by Rymer it has once been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mac Flecknoe , " it has once been imitated ; nor do I recollect much other notice from its publication till now , in the whole succession of English literature . Of ...
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