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... Say , like a ring th ' æquator heaven does bind . When heaven fhall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heaven than ' tis , will be ) ' Tis thou must write the poefy there , For it wanteth one as ... ( says story ) I lov'd you COWL E Y. 37.
... Say , like a ring th ' æquator heaven does bind . When heaven fhall be adorn'd by thee , ( Which then more heaven than ' tis , will be ) ' Tis thou must write the poefy there , For it wanteth one as ... ( says story ) I lov'd you COWL E Y. 37.
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Samuel Johnson. Five years ago ( says story ) I lov'd you , For which you call me most inconstant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ' twas then in me , And ...
Samuel Johnson. Five years ago ( says story ) I lov'd you , For which you call me most inconstant now ; Pardon me , madam , you mistake the man ; For I am not the fame that I was then ; No flesh is now the fame ' twas then in me , And ...
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... Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I fhould not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis impofture all : And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got ...
... Say , where his centric happiness doth lie : I have lov'd , and got , and told ; But should I love , get , tell , till I were old , I fhould not find that hidden mystery ; Oh , ' tis impofture all : And as no chymic yet th ' elixir got ...
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... says , is the English heroick verfe without rhyme . Of this mode he had many examples among the Italians , and fome in his own country . The Earl of Surrey is faid to have tranflated one of Virgil's books without rhyme ; and , besides ...
... says , is the English heroick verfe without rhyme . Of this mode he had many examples among the Italians , and fome in his own country . The Earl of Surrey is faid to have tranflated one of Virgil's books without rhyme ; and , besides ...
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... say why his weapons fhould be represented as ridiculous or ufelefs ; for , whatever judge- ment might be paffed upon their knowledge or their arguments , experience had fuffici- ently shown that their fwords were not to be dispised ...
... say why his weapons fhould be represented as ridiculous or ufelefs ; for , whatever judge- ment might be paffed upon their knowledge or their arguments , experience had fuffici- ently shown that their fwords were not to be dispised ...
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