Lives of the English Poets: In Two VolumesJ. M. Dent, 1964 - 4 pagina's |
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Pagina 78
... Give them the treasures of the furthest east , And , what is still more precious , give thy tear . Surely no blame can fall upon a nymph who rejected a swain of so little meaning . His verses are not rugged , but they have no sweetness ...
... Give them the treasures of the furthest east , And , what is still more precious , give thy tear . Surely no blame can fall upon a nymph who rejected a swain of so little meaning . His verses are not rugged , but they have no sweetness ...
Pagina 188
... give . He did not grow rich by in- juring his successors , but left both Laracor and the deanery more valuable than he found them . With all this talk of his covetousness and generosity , it should be remembered that he was never rich ...
... give . He did not grow rich by in- juring his successors , but left both Laracor and the deanery more valuable than he found them . With all this talk of his covetousness and generosity , it should be remembered that he was never rich ...
Pagina 382
... give in exchange the bar , though not at so late a period of life as Young took orders , it will be owing , in no small measure , to my having had the happiness of calling the Author of " The Rambler " my friend . Oxford , Oct. 1782 ...
... give in exchange the bar , though not at so late a period of life as Young took orders , it will be owing , in no small measure , to my having had the happiness of calling the Author of " The Rambler " my friend . Oxford , Oct. 1782 ...
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