Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 80
... once with a rank and irrepressible fertility , and display whatever is peculiar and excellent in their nature , on a scale the most conspicuous and magnificent . " The ability to write having been , as it were , suddenly created , the ...
... once with a rank and irrepressible fertility , and display whatever is peculiar and excellent in their nature , on a scale the most conspicuous and magnificent . " The ability to write having been , as it were , suddenly created , the ...
Page 85
... once reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell them that brave it most , They beg for more by spending , Who in their greatest cost , Seek nothing but commending . And if they make reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell zeal it lacks ...
... once reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell them that brave it most , They beg for more by spending , Who in their greatest cost , Seek nothing but commending . And if they make reply , Then give them all the lie . Tell zeal it lacks ...
Page 90
... once devour'd her tender corse : But to the prey when as he drew more nigh , His bloody rage assuaged with remorse , And with the sight amazed forgat his furious force . Instead thereof he kiss'd her weary feet , And lick'd her lily ...
... once devour'd her tender corse : But to the prey when as he drew more nigh , His bloody rage assuaged with remorse , And with the sight amazed forgat his furious force . Instead thereof he kiss'd her weary feet , And lick'd her lily ...
Page 95
... once seen these her celestial treasures , And unrevealed pleasures , Then would ye wonder and her praises sing , That all the woods would answer , and your echo ring . Open the temple gates unto my love , Open them wide that she may ...
... once seen these her celestial treasures , And unrevealed pleasures , Then would ye wonder and her praises sing , That all the woods would answer , and your echo ring . Open the temple gates unto my love , Open them wide that she may ...
Page 119
... once again Bring me to thee , who canst make smooth and plain The way of knowledge for me ; and then I , Who have no good but in thy company , Protest it will my greatest comfort be , To acknowledge all I have to flow from thee , Ben ...
... once again Bring me to thee , who canst make smooth and plain The way of knowledge for me ; and then I , Who have no good but in thy company , Protest it will my greatest comfort be , To acknowledge all I have to flow from thee , Ben ...
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