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Page 58
... less refined beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in ... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences ...
... less refined beneath the moon's pale light Pursue the stars that shoot athwart the night , Or suck the mists in ... less pleasing , though less glorious care ; To save the powder from too rude a gale , Nor let the imprison'd essences ...
Page 71
... less reading than makes felons scape , Less human genius than God gives an ape , Small thanks to France , and none to Rome or Greece , A past , vamped , future , old , revived , new piece , ' Twixt Plautus , Fletcher , Shakespeare and ...
... less reading than makes felons scape , Less human genius than God gives an ape , Small thanks to France , and none to Rome or Greece , A past , vamped , future , old , revived , new piece , ' Twixt Plautus , Fletcher , Shakespeare and ...
Page 287
... less , I might have seen , when first My ears began to open to the charm Of words in tuneful order , found them sweet For their own sakes , a passion and power ; And phrases pleas'd me , chosen for delight , For pomp , or love . Oft in ...
... less , I might have seen , when first My ears began to open to the charm Of words in tuneful order , found them sweet For their own sakes , a passion and power ; And phrases pleas'd me , chosen for delight , For pomp , or love . Oft in ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL Of dorset 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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