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... things ye knew not of , -were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth , inlay , and clip , and fit , Till , like the certain wands of Jacob's wit , Their ...
... things ye knew not of , -were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile ; so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth , inlay , and clip , and fit , Till , like the certain wands of Jacob's wit , Their ...
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... thing in our literature , we have no word for it in English . It has been proposed to pronounce the French word as though it were English , enjambments , but this is hideous . My friend , Mr Austin Dobson , has proposed to me the term ...
... thing in our literature , we have no word for it in English . It has been proposed to pronounce the French word as though it were English , enjambments , but this is hideous . My friend , Mr Austin Dobson , has proposed to me the term ...
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... things are subject to decay , And , when Fate summons , monarchs must obey . This Flecknoe found , who , like Augustus , young Was called to empire , and had governed long , In prose and verse was owned , without dispute , Through all ...
... things are subject to decay , And , when Fate summons , monarchs must obey . This Flecknoe found , who , like Augustus , young Was called to empire , and had governed long , In prose and verse was owned , without dispute , Through all ...
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... " sim- pering sons of those fair eyes , your fertile mothers , " and as many more unlikely things as the reader's curiosity can wish for . extravagances of Marini , had reduced imaginative literature to the 14 Poetry at the.
... " sim- pering sons of those fair eyes , your fertile mothers , " and as many more unlikely things as the reader's curiosity can wish for . extravagances of Marini , had reduced imaginative literature to the 14 Poetry at the.
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... thing that at the moment when England , under the cloud of her civil war , retired from the notice of Europe , she should be drawn into a species of literary alliance with the nations of the Continent . But so it was , and in the 18 ...
... thing that at the moment when England , under the cloud of her civil war , retired from the notice of Europe , she should be drawn into a species of literary alliance with the nations of the Continent . But so it was , and in the 18 ...
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Page 239 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things, so certain to be lost. Clouds of affection from our younger eyes Conceal that emptiness which age descries. The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Page 69 - Go, LOVELY rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 215 - To move, but doth, if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th...
Page 5 - Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length...
Page 104 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 173 - Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ; And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twill learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing.
Page 51 - Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently." "Then, Sir," said he, "I think it is lawful for you to take my brother Neale's money; for he offers it.
Page 299 - An Analysis of the Exposition of the Creed, written by the Right Rev. Father in God, JOHN PEARSON, DD, late Lord Bishop of Chester. Compiled for the use of the Students of Bishop's College, Calcutta, by WH MILL, DD late Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge.