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... nature , a great knowledge of letters and things ; of which several books published by him are ample testimonies ... natural wildness of wit.
... nature , a great knowledge of letters and things ; of which several books published by him are ample testimonies ... natural wildness of wit.
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... nature ; to soften insolence , to soothe affliction , and to subdue our minds to the dispensations of Providence . " 1 Upon the death of the late queen , the Lords Justices , in whom the administration was lodged , appointed him their ...
... nature ; to soften insolence , to soothe affliction , and to subdue our minds to the dispensations of Providence . " 1 Upon the death of the late queen , the Lords Justices , in whom the administration was lodged , appointed him their ...
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... nature of the bee . While Cæsar , towering to divinity , The frighted Indians with his thunder awed , And claimed their homage , and commenced a god I flourished all the while in arts of peace , Retired and sheltered in inglorious ease ...
... nature of the bee . While Cæsar , towering to divinity , The frighted Indians with his thunder awed , And claimed their homage , and commenced a god I flourished all the while in arts of peace , Retired and sheltered in inglorious ease ...
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... nature had formed him to manage Anacreon's lute , and not Pindar's lyre . 2 I wonder what these laws could be . Nobody understood the critic's nicest laws better than Milton , or observed them with more respect . The observation might ...
... nature had formed him to manage Anacreon's lute , and not Pindar's lyre . 2 I wonder what these laws could be . Nobody understood the critic's nicest laws better than Milton , or observed them with more respect . The observation might ...
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... nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and ...
... nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.