Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical Notices |
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... side all unguarded , lady ! Lad . They were but twain , and purpos'd quick return . Com . Perhaps forestalling night prevented them . Lad . How easy my misfortune is to hit ! Com . Imports their loss , beside the present need ? Lad . No ...
... side all unguarded , lady ! Lad . They were but twain , and purpos'd quick return . Com . Perhaps forestalling night prevented them . Lad . How easy my misfortune is to hit ! Com . Imports their loss , beside the present need ? Lad . No ...
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... sides round , In arms not worse , in foresight much advanc'd , We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by ... side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and nam'd Beelzebub . To whom ...
... sides round , In arms not worse , in foresight much advanc'd , We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by ... side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and nam'd Beelzebub . To whom ...
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... 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 bottom all involv'd With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest ...
... 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 bottom all involv'd With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest ...
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... side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his Heaven , And with perpetual inroads to alarm , Though inaccessible , his fatal throne : Which , if not victory , is yet revenge . " He ended frowning , and his look ...
... side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his Heaven , And with perpetual inroads to alarm , Though inaccessible , his fatal throne : Which , if not victory , is yet revenge . " He ended frowning , and his look ...
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... side opening wide , Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright Then shining heavenly fair , a goddess arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : amazement seiz'd All the host of Heaven ; back they recoil'd afraid Who first broke peace in ...
... side opening wide , Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright Then shining heavenly fair , a goddess arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : amazement seiz'd All the host of Heaven ; back they recoil'd afraid Who first broke peace in ...
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