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... birth , had not the earl of Dorset , as it is said , accidentally discovered him reading Horace , and been so well pleased with his proficiency as to undertake the expense of his edu- cation . He entered St. John's college , in ...
... birth , had not the earl of Dorset , as it is said , accidentally discovered him reading Horace , and been so well pleased with his proficiency as to undertake the expense of his edu- cation . He entered St. John's college , in ...
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... birth , our poet acted without a title , until his high - born grace returned . He had acquir- ed the favour of the king , and the confidence of his ministers . But his dignity seems to have been ra- ther meanly supported . He had no ...
... birth , our poet acted without a title , until his high - born grace returned . He had acquir- ed the favour of the king , and the confidence of his ministers . But his dignity seems to have been ra- ther meanly supported . He had no ...
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... birth . The whole Nine may be said to have smiled ; for he has tried every sort of verse , from the heroic to the hudi- brastic ; and , what is a rare felicity , has treated all with so equal a hand , that it is difficult to designate ...
... birth . The whole Nine may be said to have smiled ; for he has tried every sort of verse , from the heroic to the hudi- brastic ; and , what is a rare felicity , has treated all with so equal a hand , that it is difficult to designate ...
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... rejoice the thirsty earth , And bless the flowery buds ' succeeding birth : May they not pity us , condemn'd to bear The various heaven of an obliquer sphere . While by fix'd laws , and with a just return 36 Book 1 . SOLOMON .
... rejoice the thirsty earth , And bless the flowery buds ' succeeding birth : May they not pity us , condemn'd to bear The various heaven of an obliquer sphere . While by fix'd laws , and with a just return 36 Book 1 . SOLOMON .
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... birth From trunk of oak , or pregnant womb of earth ? Whence then the old belief , that all began In Eden's shade and one created man ? Or , grant this progeny was wafted o'er By coasting boats from next adjacent shore , [ spring ...
... birth From trunk of oak , or pregnant womb of earth ? Whence then the old belief , that all began In Eden's shade and one created man ? Or , grant this progeny was wafted o'er By coasting boats from next adjacent shore , [ spring ...
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