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Page 42
... things of use . POPE . You too proceed ! make falling arts your care , Erect new wonders , and the old repair ; Jones and Palladio to themselves restore , And be whate er Vitruvius was before . POPE : To the Earl of Burlington . In the ...
... things of use . POPE . You too proceed ! make falling arts your care , Erect new wonders , and the old repair ; Jones and Palladio to themselves restore , And be whate er Vitruvius was before . POPE : To the Earl of Burlington . In the ...
Page 88
... things despoil'd of fallacies : Thou shalt not peep through lattices of eyes Nor hear through labyrinths of ears , nor learn By circuit or collections to discern . DONNE . As thought was visible that roll'd within , As through a crystal ...
... things despoil'd of fallacies : Thou shalt not peep through lattices of eyes Nor hear through labyrinths of ears , nor learn By circuit or collections to discern . DONNE . As thought was visible that roll'd within , As through a crystal ...
Page 89
... Things done well , And with a care , exempt themselves from fear : Things done without example , in their issue Are to be fear'd . SHAKSPEARE . Care is no cure , but rather a corrosive , For things that are not to be remedied ...
... Things done well , And with a care , exempt themselves from fear : Things done without example , in their issue Are to be fear'd . SHAKSPEARE . Care is no cure , but rather a corrosive , For things that are not to be remedied ...
Page 91
... things and acts fortuitous arose , Then any thing might come from any thing ; For how from chance can constant order spring ? SIR R. BLACKMORE . Thanks to giddy chance , which never bears That mortal bliss should last for length of ...
... things and acts fortuitous arose , Then any thing might come from any thing ; For how from chance can constant order spring ? SIR R. BLACKMORE . Thanks to giddy chance , which never bears That mortal bliss should last for length of ...
Page 101
... thing within thee called conscience ; With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies , Which I have seen thee careful to ... things That now give evidence against my soul . SHAKSPEARE . Who then shall blame When all that is within him does ...
... thing within thee called conscience ; With twenty popish tricks and ceremonies , Which I have seen thee careful to ... things That now give evidence against my soul . SHAKSPEARE . Who then shall blame When all that is within him does ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds BLACKMORE bless bliss breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature ne'er never Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thou trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth