Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Հատոր 1"The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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Fierce Love has pierc'd me with his fiery dart , So stands the Thracian herdsman
with his spear , He fires within , and hisses at my heart . Full in the gap , and
hopes the hunted bear , Your eyes , fair Emily , my fate pursue ; And hears him ...
Fierce Love has pierc'd me with his fiery dart , So stands the Thracian herdsman
with his spear , He fires within , and hisses at my heart . Full in the gap , and
hopes the hunted bear , Your eyes , fair Emily , my fate pursue ; And hears him ...
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cast , Though late yet is at last become my care : There , then , we met ; both try'd
, and both were My heart shall be my own ; my vast expense And this irrevocable
sentence pass'd ; Reduc'd to bounds , by timely providence : That she , whom I ...
cast , Though late yet is at last become my care : There , then , we met ; both try'd
, and both were My heart shall be my own ; my vast expense And this irrevocable
sentence pass'd ; Reduc'd to bounds , by timely providence : That she , whom I ...
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Dame Partlet was the sovereign of his heart : Hast thou no manly heart , and hast
a beard ? Ardent in love , outrageous in his play , “ If aught from fearful dreams
may be divin'd , He feather'd her a hundred times a day : They signify a cock of ...
Dame Partlet was the sovereign of his heart : Hast thou no manly heart , and hast
a beard ? Ardent in love , outrageous in his play , “ If aught from fearful dreams
may be divin'd , He feather'd her a hundred times a day : They signify a cock of ...
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And musing long whom next to circumvent , A woman's counsel brought us first to
woe , On Chanticleer his wicked fancy bent : And made her man his Paradise
forego , And in his high imagination cast , Where at heart's ease he lived ; and ...
And musing long whom next to circumvent , A woman's counsel brought us first to
woe , On Chanticleer his wicked fancy bent : And made her man his Paradise
forego , And in his high imagination cast , Where at heart's ease he lived ; and ...
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... the designing arts What author wrote it , how that author dy'd , That aim at
riches in contempt of hearts ; All these I sing . ... the monarch of the stars began :
Had fram'd to merit Cytherea's heart ; “ O vers'd in arts ! whose daring thoughts
aspire ...
... the designing arts What author wrote it , how that author dy'd , That aim at
riches in contempt of hearts ; All these I sing . ... the monarch of the stars began :
Had fram'd to merit Cytherea's heart ; “ O vers'd in arts ! whose daring thoughts
aspire ...
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| Վերնագիր | Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Հատոր 1 Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, John Aikin |
| Editor | John Aikin |
| Աջակցող | John Aikin |
| Հրատարակիչ | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1820 |
| Original from | Կալիֆորնիայի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 24 Հոկտեմբեր 2007 |
| Length | 807 էջ |
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