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... poem on the " King and Queen of Fairy " and a translation of it into Latin by Mr. Walter Dennestone , 1691 , which ends the volume on p . 84. My copy wants title and all before p . 3 . What is the proper title and where can I find any ...
... poem on the " King and Queen of Fairy " and a translation of it into Latin by Mr. Walter Dennestone , 1691 , which ends the volume on p . 84. My copy wants title and all before p . 3 . What is the proper title and where can I find any ...
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... poem the subject of which is a tulip which its owner extremely valued , and which his gardener , a grim Presbyterian of the old school , con- sidered it his duty to destroy , as his master was , in his opinion , making an idol of it ? I ...
... poem the subject of which is a tulip which its owner extremely valued , and which his gardener , a grim Presbyterian of the old school , con- sidered it his duty to destroy , as his master was , in his opinion , making an idol of it ? I ...
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... poets whose few letters I have seen are Pope and Gay , and they , in their corre- spondence with Mrs. Howard ... poems I find this stated : " Youres , pronoun pos- sessive Saxon , used generally when the noun to which it belongs is ...
... poets whose few letters I have seen are Pope and Gay , and they , in their corre- spondence with Mrs. Howard ... poems I find this stated : " Youres , pronoun pos- sessive Saxon , used generally when the noun to which it belongs is ...
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... poem may be intended , similarly entitled . Of course I mean the lyric , " Love not , love not , ye hapless sons of clay ! " the music of which I have before me , composed by John Blockley , the song being described as , Love Not , a ...
... poem may be intended , similarly entitled . Of course I mean the lyric , " Love not , love not , ye hapless sons of clay ! " the music of which I have before me , composed by John Blockley , the song being described as , Love Not , a ...
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... poem , viz . “ A Ballad of the Village without Painting , " which is still the title by which it is generally known , con- tains a most amusing blunder . It is her visage , not her village , that a lady paints . Cambridge . WALTER W ...
... poem , viz . “ A Ballad of the Village without Painting , " which is still the title by which it is generally known , con- tains a most amusing blunder . It is her visage , not her village , that a lady paints . Cambridge . WALTER W ...
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Seite 249 - For forms of government let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered is best: For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Seite 23 - A strange fish ! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver: there would this monster make a man; any strange beast there makes a man: when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian. Legged like a man! and his fins like arms! Warm o...
Seite 347 - A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain. And drinking largely sobers us again.
Seite 270 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Seite 347 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Seite 83 - Honest men served you faithfully in this action. Sir, they are trusty : I beseech you, in the name of God, not to discourage them. I wish this action may beget thankfulness and humility in all that are concerned in it. He that ventures his life for the liberty of his country, I wish he trust God for the liberty of his conscience, and you for the liberty he fights for.
Seite 348 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last— far off— at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream ; but what am I ? An infant crying in the night ; An infant crying for the light, And with no language but a cry.
Seite 82 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Seite 74 - ild you! They say the owl was a baker's daughter. Lord! we know what we are, but know not what we may be.
Seite 11 - Then so many as shall be partakers of the Holy Communion shall tarry still in the quire, or in some convenient place nigh the quire, the men on the one side, and the women on the other side.