A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - English language |
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... kind libels be ; And we , not speaking thy whole worth , should raise Worse blots than they that envied thy praise . Of several elegies by this poet upon Charles I. the following is perhaps the most striking : -- Charles ! ah ! forbear ...
... kind libels be ; And we , not speaking thy whole worth , should raise Worse blots than they that envied thy praise . Of several elegies by this poet upon Charles I. the following is perhaps the most striking : -- Charles ! ah ! forbear ...
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... kind are , of course , only made to persons who are believed to be open to them . It is plain from his own account that Wither was thus early notorious as a speculator or trader in such securities , - -as one ready , not precisely to ...
... kind are , of course , only made to persons who are believed to be open to them . It is plain from his own account that Wither was thus early notorious as a speculator or trader in such securities , - -as one ready , not precisely to ...
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... kind in the language more perfectly beautiful than some of these . We subjoin two of them : — Thanksgiving for Seasonable Weather . Song 85 . Lord , should the sun , the clouds , the wind , The air , and seasons be To us so froward and ...
... kind in the language more perfectly beautiful than some of these . We subjoin two of them : — Thanksgiving for Seasonable Weather . Song 85 . Lord , should the sun , the clouds , the wind , The air , and seasons be To us so froward and ...
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... kind of poetry which is common to the two , Browne rivals that writer both in the abundance of his poetic vein and the sweetness of his verse ; and the English of the one has nearly all the purity , perspicuity , and unfading freshness ...
... kind of poetry which is common to the two , Browne rivals that writer both in the abundance of his poetic vein and the sweetness of his verse ; and the English of the one has nearly all the purity , perspicuity , and unfading freshness ...
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... kind daily continue and increase . Surely , were all that occupation as honest as Simon the Tanner , the entertainer of Simon Peter in Joppa , they would be more conscientious in their call- ing . Let me add , what experience proveth ...
... kind daily continue and increase . Surely , were all that occupation as honest as Simon the Tanner , the entertainer of Simon Peter in Joppa , they would be more conscientious in their call- ing . Let me add , what experience proveth ...
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