Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield ; Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye , and soon traverse The whole battalion ...
... length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield ; Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienc'd eye , and soon traverse The whole battalion ...
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... length of time Become our elements ; these piercing fires As soft as now severe , our temper chang'd Into their temper ; which must needs remove With what is punish'd ; whence these raging fires The sensible of pain . All things invite ...
... length of time Become our elements ; these piercing fires As soft as now severe , our temper chang'd Into their temper ; which must needs remove With what is punish'd ; whence these raging fires The sensible of pain . All things invite ...
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... length , breadth , and height , And time , and place , are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos , ancestors of Nature , hold Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , and by confusion stand . For Hot , Cold , Moist , and Dry ...
... length , breadth , and height , And time , and place , are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos , ancestors of Nature , hold Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , and by confusion stand . For Hot , Cold , Moist , and Dry ...
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... length , From Hell continued reaching the utmost orb Of this frail world ; by which the spirits perverse With easy intercourse pass to and fro To tempt or punish mortals , except whom God , and good angels , guard by special grace . But ...
... length , From Hell continued reaching the utmost orb Of this frail world ; by which the spirits perverse With easy intercourse pass to and fro To tempt or punish mortals , except whom God , and good angels , guard by special grace . But ...
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... length : before the cloudy van , On the rough edge of battle ere it join'd , Satan , with vast and haughty strides advanc'd , Came towering , arm'd in adamant and gold ; Abdiel that sight endur'd not , where he stood Among the mightiest ...
... length : before the cloudy van , On the rough edge of battle ere it join'd , Satan , with vast and haughty strides advanc'd , Came towering , arm'd in adamant and gold ; Abdiel that sight endur'd not , where he stood Among the mightiest ...
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