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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Page ix
... light , of which they were capable , is the little merit of the obfolete poets , from which they are in a great measure extracted ; which want of merit A 5 in The PREFACE . ix more than the names of his authors to ...
... light , of which they were capable , is the little merit of the obfolete poets , from which they are in a great measure extracted ; which want of merit A 5 in The PREFACE . ix more than the names of his authors to ...
Page xxxiv
... Light 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 ...
... Light 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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... light I miss , And dead my life , that wants fuch lively blifs . Edmund Spenfer . Tho ' abfent , present in defires they be , Our foul much further than our eyes can fee . Dull fublunary lover's love ( Whose foul is fenfe ) cannot admit ...
... light I miss , And dead my life , that wants fuch lively blifs . Edmund Spenfer . Tho ' abfent , present in defires they be , Our foul much further than our eyes can fee . Dull fublunary lover's love ( Whose foul is fenfe ) cannot admit ...
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... light makes day , if it appear , And cafts true luftre round the hemifphere ; When if projected from the moon , that light Makes not a day , but only colours night ; But you , we may ftill full , ftill perfect call , As what's ftill ...
... light makes day , if it appear , And cafts true luftre round the hemifphere ; When if projected from the moon , that light Makes not a day , but only colours night ; But you , we may ftill full , ftill perfect call , As what's ftill ...
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... light . Those who by force would have th'affection mov'd , When willingly men hold fuch gallants dear , Do Whose virtue makes their vice more vile appear . rage that any fhould be freely lov'd , Sir W. Alexander Earl of Sterline's ...
... light . Those who by force would have th'affection mov'd , When willingly men hold fuch gallants dear , Do Whose virtue makes their vice more vile appear . rage that any fhould be freely lov'd , Sir W. Alexander Earl of Sterline's ...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... William Oldys,Thomas Hayward No preview available - 2016 |
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