The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 - English drama |
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... thofe immortal fruits carry with them the neceffity of charming , infpiring , forming all hearts , and , like fcattered rays collected in one A 2 point point , cooperate with irrefiftible energy to fo defirable effects PREFACE, ...
... thofe immortal fruits carry with them the neceffity of charming , infpiring , forming all hearts , and , like fcattered rays collected in one A 2 point point , cooperate with irrefiftible energy to fo defirable effects PREFACE, ...
Page xxiv
... heart of your fubject : Every leaf includes many leffons , and is a fyftem of knowledge in a few lines . It is a guide in the actions , paf- fions , fortunes , misfortunes , and all the vi- ciffitudes , of life . The merely fpeculative ...
... heart of your fubject : Every leaf includes many leffons , and is a fyftem of knowledge in a few lines . It is a guide in the actions , paf- fions , fortunes , misfortunes , and all the vi- ciffitudes , of life . The merely fpeculative ...
Page xxxi
... Ladies , with the Merry Pranks of Moll Cut Purfe ; or , The Humour of Roaring , a Com . 4to , 1639 Ford John , Gent . Broken Heart , a Trag . 4to , 1633 a 6 Fancies Fancies chaft and noble , a Tra , Com . Poems and Plays .
... Ladies , with the Merry Pranks of Moll Cut Purfe ; or , The Humour of Roaring , a Com . 4to , 1639 Ford John , Gent . Broken Heart , a Trag . 4to , 1633 a 6 Fancies Fancies chaft and noble , a Tra , Com . Poems and Plays .
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... Heart , a Com . Poetafter , or , His Arraignment , a Comical Satire , Sejanus's Fall , a Tragedy . Silent Woman , a Com . Staple of News , a Com . Tale of a Tub , a Com . Vol- pone ; or , The Fox , a Com . With Poems , Epi- grams ...
... Heart , a Com . Poetafter , or , His Arraignment , a Comical Satire , Sejanus's Fall , a Tragedy . Silent Woman , a Com . Staple of News , a Com . Tale of a Tub , a Com . Vol- pone ; or , The Fox , a Com . With Poems , Epi- grams ...
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... heart , it doth not flie From the mind , when from the eye The fair objects take their flight . But fince want provokes defire , When we lose what we before Have enjoy'd , as we want more , So is love more fet on fire . Ben . Johnson ...
... heart , it doth not flie From the mind , when from the eye The fair objects take their flight . But fince want provokes defire , When we lose what we before Have enjoy'd , as we want more , So is love more fet on fire . Ben . Johnson ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward No preview available - 2016 |
The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward, Sir No preview available - 2016 |
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