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... From without , my desire Has no food to its fire ; But it burns and consumes me within . SHE . Yet , at least , ' tis a pleasure to know That you are not unhappy alone : For the nymph you adore Is as wretched , and 30 THE POEMS.
... From without , my desire Has no food to its fire ; But it burns and consumes me within . SHE . Yet , at least , ' tis a pleasure to know That you are not unhappy alone : For the nymph you adore Is as wretched , and 30 THE POEMS.
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... least hope wit ; in Dutchmen that would be As much improper , as would honesty . EPILOGUE TO AMBOYNA . A POET Once the Spartans led to fight , And made them conquer in the muse's right ; So would our poet lead you on this day , Showing ...
... least hope wit ; in Dutchmen that would be As much improper , as would honesty . EPILOGUE TO AMBOYNA . A POET Once the Spartans led to fight , And made them conquer in the muse's right ; So would our poet lead you on this day , Showing ...
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... least . Thus did the thriving malady prevail , 10 15 * Dryden in this epilogue labours to throw the fault of the licentiousness of dramatic writers , which had been so severely censured by the Rev. Jeremy Collier , upon the example of a ...
... least . Thus did the thriving malady prevail , 10 15 * Dryden in this epilogue labours to throw the fault of the licentiousness of dramatic writers , which had been so severely censured by the Rev. Jeremy Collier , upon the example of a ...
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... least thinking I found , some- thing that was more pleasing in them than my ordinary pro ductions , I encouraged myself to renew my old acquaintance with Lucretius and Virgil ; and immediately fixed upon some parts of them , which had ...
... least thinking I found , some- thing that was more pleasing in them than my ordinary pro ductions , I encouraged myself to renew my old acquaintance with Lucretius and Virgil ; and immediately fixed upon some parts of them , which had ...
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... least , if both those considerations should fail , that my own is of a piece with his , and that if he were living , and an English- man , they are such as he would probably have written . For , after all , a translator is to make his ...
... least , if both those considerations should fail , that my own is of a piece with his , and that if he were living , and an English- man , they are such as he would probably have written . For , after all , a translator is to make his ...
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