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... night . Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law , Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour , or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs , or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart , or necklace , at a ball ; ZENGMA Or ...
... night . Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law , Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour , or her new brocade ; Forget her pray'rs , or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart , or necklace , at a ball ; ZENGMA Or ...
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... nights , and noons , Her hand is fill'd ; her bosom with lampoons . 30 There Affectation , with a sickly mien , Shows ... night - dress gives a new disease . 35 A constant Vapour o'er the palace flies : Strange phantoms THE RAPE OF THE ...
... nights , and noons , Her hand is fill'd ; her bosom with lampoons . 30 There Affectation , with a sickly mien , Shows ... night - dress gives a new disease . 35 A constant Vapour o'er the palace flies : Strange phantoms THE RAPE OF THE ...
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... night of the great storm in 1703 , gave a propriety to this eclogue , which in its general turn alludes to it . The scene of the Pastoral lies in a grove , the time at midnight . ' [ P. ] 24. Adonis : a favourite of Aphrodite , the ...
... night of the great storm in 1703 , gave a propriety to this eclogue , which in its general turn alludes to it . The scene of the Pastoral lies in a grove , the time at midnight . ' [ P. ] 24. Adonis : a favourite of Aphrodite , the ...
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