Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... faith , under which religion he continued for twelve years . the Friends of the Muses . " " he had acquired among his countrymen : it was , " O rare Ben Jonson . " Six months after his death , After his liberation from prison , he ...
... faith , under which religion he continued for twelve years . the Friends of the Muses . " " he had acquired among his countrymen : it was , " O rare Ben Jonson . " Six months after his death , After his liberation from prison , he ...
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... faith hast thou in things ! What sight in searching the most antique springs ! What weight , and what authority in thy speech ! Man scarce can make that doubt , but thou canst teach . Pardon free truth , and let thy modesty , Which ...
... faith hast thou in things ! What sight in searching the most antique springs ! What weight , and what authority in thy speech ! Man scarce can make that doubt , but thou canst teach . Pardon free truth , and let thy modesty , Which ...
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... faith and labor serve , And didst ( if faith and labor can ) deserve , Though she contracted was to thee , Given to another thou didst see , Given to another , who had store Of fairer and of richer wives before , And not a Leah left ...
... faith and labor serve , And didst ( if faith and labor can ) deserve , Though she contracted was to thee , Given to another thou didst see , Given to another , who had store Of fairer and of richer wives before , And not a Leah left ...
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... Faith ! ' twixt whom and thee The joys of Heaven and Earth divided be ! Though Faith be heir , and have the fixt estate , Thy portion yet in movables is great . Happiness itself's all one In thee , or in possession ! Only the future's ...
... Faith ! ' twixt whom and thee The joys of Heaven and Earth divided be ! Though Faith be heir , and have the fixt estate , Thy portion yet in movables is great . Happiness itself's all one In thee , or in possession ! Only the future's ...
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... faith was the cause of Spanheim ; and he returned through France , having his disinheritance , settled in London as a scrivener , been absent about a year and three months . On his arrival , Milton found the nation agitated and marrying ...
... faith was the cause of Spanheim ; and he returned through France , having his disinheritance , settled in London as a scrivener , been absent about a year and three months . On his arrival , Milton found the nation agitated and marrying ...
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