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... goddess of my harmful deeds , That did not better for my life provide , If we Than public means , which public manners breeds : Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in ...
... goddess of my harmful deeds , That did not better for my life provide , If we Than public means , which public manners breeds : Thence comes it that my name receives a brand ; And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in ...
Page xxxii
... goddess The Story of Sabrina . Milton's in- debtedness to Fletcher . Sabrina , whose intervention frees the im- prisoned lady and brings the Masque to a happy close . The source of this legend , which had been handled by other poets ...
... goddess The Story of Sabrina . Milton's in- debtedness to Fletcher . Sabrina , whose intervention frees the im- prisoned lady and brings the Masque to a happy close . The source of this legend , which had been handled by other poets ...
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... goddess who swayed the Severn stream in compliment to his audience . It suited the scene and the setting of his Masque ; and his treat- ment of the theme reflects , in no servile spirit of imitation , the graceful example of the poet ...
... goddess who swayed the Severn stream in compliment to his audience . It suited the scene and the setting of his Masque ; and his treat- ment of the theme reflects , in no servile spirit of imitation , the graceful example of the poet ...
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... with the pains of Purgatory ; rather , she has something of the kindliness 1 From the sixth of the Latin Elegies , Cowper's translation . that Shakespeare attributes to his goddess Adversity , whose uses xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
... with the pains of Purgatory ; rather , she has something of the kindliness 1 From the sixth of the Latin Elegies , Cowper's translation . that Shakespeare attributes to his goddess Adversity , whose uses xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
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John Milton Arthur Wilson Verity. that Shakespeare attributes to his goddess Adversity , whose uses are sweet , and of whom it was happily said that she must be a fourth Grace , less known than the classic Three , but still their sister ...
John Milton Arthur Wilson Verity. that Shakespeare attributes to his goddess Adversity , whose uses are sweet , and of whom it was happily said that she must be a fourth Grace , less known than the classic Three , but still their sister ...
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