Fables Antient and Modern: Translated Into Verse from Homer, Ovid, Boccace, and Chaucer: with Original PoemsJ. Tonson, 1713 - 550 страница |
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... Soul unfatisfy'd with all it has done ; and an unextinguifh'd Defire of doing more . But all this is Matter for your own Hiftorians ; I am , as Virgil fays , Spatiis exclufus iniquis . Yet not to be wholly filent of all your Cha- rities ...
... Soul unfatisfy'd with all it has done ; and an unextinguifh'd Defire of doing more . But all this is Matter for your own Hiftorians ; I am , as Virgil fays , Spatiis exclufus iniquis . Yet not to be wholly filent of all your Cha- rities ...
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... Soul , ac- cordingly confign'd it to the Ufe for which it was intended by the Donor : By which means the Lives of fo many miferable Men were fav'd , and a comfortable Provision made for their Subfiftance , who had otherwise perifh'd ...
... Soul , ac- cordingly confign'd it to the Ufe for which it was intended by the Donor : By which means the Lives of fo many miferable Men were fav'd , and a comfortable Provision made for their Subfiftance , who had otherwise perifh'd ...
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... Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body ; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred Years after his Decease . Milton has acknowledg'd to me , that Spencer was his Original ; and many befides my felf have heard our famous Waller ...
... Soul of Chaucer was transfus'd into his Body ; and that he was begotten by him Two hundred Years after his Decease . Milton has acknowledg'd to me , that Spencer was his Original ; and many befides my felf have heard our famous Waller ...
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... , I am already come within twenty Years of his Number , a Cripple in my Limbs , but what Decays are in my Mind , the Reader must determine . I think my felf as vigorous as ever in the Faculties of my Soul , excepting only my PREFACE .
... , I am already come within twenty Years of his Number , a Cripple in my Limbs , but what Decays are in my Mind , the Reader must determine . I think my felf as vigorous as ever in the Faculties of my Soul , excepting only my PREFACE .
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... Soul , excepting only my Memory , which is not impair'd to any great degree ; and if I lofe not more of it , I have no great Reason to complain . What Judgment I had , increases rather than diminishes ; and Thoughts , fuch as they are ...
... Soul , excepting only my Memory , which is not impair'd to any great degree ; and if I lofe not more of it , I have no great Reason to complain . What Judgment I had , increases rather than diminishes ; and Thoughts , fuch as they are ...
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againſt Ajax Arcite Arms Baucis and Philemon becauſe beſt betwixt Blood Breaſt caft call'd Cauſe Ceyx Chaucer CHIG Cinyras cloſe cou'd cry'd Cymon Dame Death defcended Defire Eaſe Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe faid fair fame Fate Fear Feaſt fecret feem'd felf fent fhall fhou'd Fight fince firft firſt flain Flames Flow'rs fome foon forc'd fought ftill fuch Goddeſs Grace Hand Heart Heav'n himſelf Honour Houſe join'd Jove King Knight laft laſt leaſt lefs liv'd loft look'd lov'd Love Maid Mind moſt muſt Myrrha o'er Ovid Palamon plac'd pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r Praiſe Pray'r prepar'd preſent Prieſt Prince Publick purfu'd purſue Queen rais'd Reaſon refolv'd reft reſt rifing ſaid ſcarce ſeen ſelf Senfe ſhall ſhe Sire Soul ſpoke ſpread ſtill ſtood Tears Thebes thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought turn'd Twas whofe whoſe Wife Wiſhes wou'd
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