Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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Page 4
... tell you , that as I have endea- voured to adorn it with noble thoughts , so much more to express those thoughts with elocution . The composition of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit - writing ( if ...
... tell you , that as I have endea- voured to adorn it with noble thoughts , so much more to express those thoughts with elocution . The composition of all poems is , or ought to be , of wit ; and wit in the poet , or wit - writing ( if ...
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... tell what he had passed before , Now sees in English ships the Holland coast , And parents arms in vain stretch'd from the shore . This careful husband had been long away , Whom his chaste wife and little children mourn ; Who on their ...
... tell what he had passed before , Now sees in English ships the Holland coast , And parents arms in vain stretch'd from the shore . This careful husband had been long away , Whom his chaste wife and little children mourn ; Who on their ...
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... numerous sails the fearful only tell : Courage from hearts , and not from numbers , grows . " His face , & c . ] " Spem vultu simulat , premit alto corde dolorem . " VIRG . He said , nor needed more to say : with ANNUS MIRABILIS . 7.
... numerous sails the fearful only tell : Courage from hearts , and not from numbers , grows . " His face , & c . ] " Spem vultu simulat , premit alto corde dolorem . " VIRG . He said , nor needed more to say : with ANNUS MIRABILIS . 7.
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... tell , and kings restored ; But mine shall sing of his eclipsed estate , Which , like the sun's , more wonders does afford . He drew his mighty frigates all before , On which the foes his fruitless force employs : His weak ones deep ...
... tell , and kings restored ; But mine shall sing of his eclipsed estate , Which , like the sun's , more wonders does afford . He drew his mighty frigates all before , On which the foes his fruitless force employs : His weak ones deep ...
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... tell them they are , and their own interest to believe , and , after that , they can- not dip into the Bible but one text or another will turn up for their purpose . If they are under per- secution , as they call it , then that is a ...
... tell them they are , and their own interest to believe , and , after that , they can- not dip into the Bible but one text or another will turn up for their purpose . If they are under per- secution , as they call it , then that is a ...
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