Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... force , but not enthrall'd : 590 Yea , even that , which mischief meant most harm , Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil , And mix no more with goodness ; when at last Gather'd like scum , and ...
... force , but not enthrall'd : 590 Yea , even that , which mischief meant most harm , Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil , And mix no more with goodness ; when at last Gather'd like scum , and ...
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... force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those , Nor what the potent Victor in his rage Can else inflict , do I repent or change , Though chang'd in outward lustre , that fix'd mind , And high disdain from sense of injur'd merit , That ...
... force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those , Nor what the potent Victor in his rage Can else inflict , do I repent or change , Though chang'd in outward lustre , that fix'd mind , And high disdain from sense of injur'd merit , That ...
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... force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Etna , whose combustible And fuell'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublim'd with mineral fury , aid the winds , And leave a singed ...
... force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Etna , whose combustible And fuell'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublim'd with mineral fury , aid the winds , And leave a singed ...
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... force , as nam'd with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by cranes : though all the giant brood Of Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ...
... force , as nam'd with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by cranes : though all the giant brood Of Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ...
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... force resistless way , Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the torturer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage ...
... force resistless way , Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the torturer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage ...
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