Chamber's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 |
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Page 378
But in many One like the Turtle all in mournful strains , single passages he shows great poetic power and Wailing his fortunes ; th ' other like the Lark beauty , surpassing in this respect , in Professor Mounting the sky in shrill and ...
But in many One like the Turtle all in mournful strains , single passages he shows great poetic power and Wailing his fortunes ; th ' other like the Lark beauty , surpassing in this respect , in Professor Mounting the sky in shrill and ...
Page 384
In beauty , that of favour is more than that of prove excellent persons ; as was Agesilaus , Zanger the colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more son of Solyman , Ęsop , Gasca , president of Peru ; and than that of favour .
In beauty , that of favour is more than that of prove excellent persons ; as was Agesilaus , Zanger the colour ; and that of decent and gracious motion more son of Solyman , Ęsop , Gasca , president of Peru ; and than that of favour .
Page 476
Shut - up beauty is like fire , That breaks out clearer still and higher . Though your beauty be confined , And soft Love a prisoner bound , Yet the beauty of your mind Neither check nor chain hath found .
Shut - up beauty is like fire , That breaks out clearer still and higher . Though your beauty be confined , And soft Love a prisoner bound , Yet the beauty of your mind Neither check nor chain hath found .
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| Title | Chamber's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1 Chamber's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, John Liddell Geddie |
| Author | Robert Chambers |
| Editor | David Patrick |
| Published | 1922 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2010 |
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