Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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Page iii
... force of genius and propension , he had never again attempted the stage ; a circum- stance which the lovers of dramatic poetry must ever have regretted , as they would in this case have been deprived of one of the greatest ornaments ...
... force of genius and propension , he had never again attempted the stage ; a circum- stance which the lovers of dramatic poetry must ever have regretted , as they would in this case have been deprived of one of the greatest ornaments ...
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... force employs : His weak ones deep into his rear he bore , Remote from guns , as sick men from the noise , His fiery cannon did their passage guide , And following smoke obscured them from the Thus Israel safe from the Egyptians ' pride ...
... force employs : His weak ones deep into his rear he bore , Remote from guns , as sick men from the noise , His fiery cannon did their passage guide , And following smoke obscured them from the Thus Israel safe from the Egyptians ' pride ...
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... force , as kept alive by flight , Now not opposed , no longer can pursue ; Lasting till Heaven had done his courage right ; When he had conquered he his weakness knew . He casts a frown on the departing foe , And sighs to see him quit ...
... force , as kept alive by flight , Now not opposed , no longer can pursue ; Lasting till Heaven had done his courage right ; When he had conquered he his weakness knew . He casts a frown on the departing foe , And sighs to see him quit ...
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... force assail , And beat him downward to his first repair . The winds , like crafty courtezans , withheld His flames ... forces in a shining sheet ; Part creeping under ground , their journey blind , And climbing from below , their ...
... force assail , And beat him downward to his first repair . The winds , like crafty courtezans , withheld His flames ... forces in a shining sheet ; Part creeping under ground , their journey blind , And climbing from below , their ...
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... force and immortality Make but a lame imperfect deity : Tempests have force unbounded to destroy , And deathless being e'en the damn'd enjoy ; And yet Heaven's attributes , both last and first , One without life , and one with life ...
... force and immortality Make but a lame imperfect deity : Tempests have force unbounded to destroy , And deathless being e'en the damn'd enjoy ; And yet Heaven's attributes , both last and first , One without life , and one with life ...
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