The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... hands of his uncle , a vintner , t near The difficulty of settling Prior's birth - place is great . In the register of his College he is called , at his admission by the President , Matthew Prior , of Winburn , in Middlesex ; by himself ...
... hands of his uncle , a vintner , t near The difficulty of settling Prior's birth - place is great . In the register of his College he is called , at his admission by the President , Matthew Prior , of Winburn , in Middlesex ; by himself ...
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... hand , Tickell , in his " Prospect of Peace , " has , the same hope of a new academy : In happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound . Whether the similitude of those passages , which exhibit the ...
... hand , Tickell , in his " Prospect of Peace , " has , the same hope of a new academy : In happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary sound . Whether the similitude of those passages , which exhibit the ...
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... hand , and let me hear thy voice , Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt ...
... hand , and let me hear thy voice , Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with its echoes . He who reads these lines enjoys for a moment the powers of a poet ; he feels what he remembers to have felt ...
Pagina 36
... hands , and beats her breast , And tears her useless girdle from her waist ! Hear the sad murmurs of her sighing doves ! For grief they sigh , forgetful of their loves . And , many years after , he gave no proof that time had improved ...
... hands , and beats her breast , And tears her useless girdle from her waist ! Hear the sad murmurs of her sighing doves ! For grief they sigh , forgetful of their loves . And , many years after , he gave no proof that time had improved ...
Pagina 37
... hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And , having heav'd aloft the ponderous sphere , He launch'd the world , to float in ambient air . Of his irregular poems , that to Mrs. Arabella Hunt seems to be the best ...
... hands , Encompass'd all the mingled mass of seas and lands ; And , having heav'd aloft the ponderous sphere , He launch'd the world , to float in ambient air . Of his irregular poems , that to Mrs. Arabella Hunt seems to be the best ...
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