LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... opinion con- cerning Manna : Variety I ask not : give me one To live perpetually upon . The Person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastick verses . In ...
... opinion con- cerning Manna : Variety I ask not : give me one To live perpetually upon . The Person Love does to us fit , Like manna , has the taste of all in it . Thus Donne shews his medicinal knowledge in some encomiastick verses . In ...
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... opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil him- self filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now ...
... opinion is erroneous , may be probably concluded , because this truncation is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet ; because Virgil him- self filled up one broken line in the heat of recitation ; because in one the sense is now ...
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... opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in ...
... opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in ...
Page 54
... opinions . Prejudice and Justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually ... opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Ὅτι τοῦ ἐν μεγάροισι κακόντ ̓ ἀγαθόνε ...
... opinions . Prejudice and Justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places ; we are perpetually ... opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Ὅτι τοῦ ἐν μεγάροισι κακόντ ̓ ἀγαθόνε ...
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... opinion of his own powers ; and promises to under- take something , he yet knows not what , that may be of use and honour to his country . " This , " says he , " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to 66 that Eternal Spirit that ...
... opinion of his own powers ; and promises to under- take something , he yet knows not what , that may be of use and honour to his country . " This , " says he , " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to 66 that Eternal Spirit that ...
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