Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 |
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... proved highly unpropitious to Scotish literature . Scotland , becoming an appendage to the sister kingdom , was subjected , as Ireland has since been , to the worst of all governments , being abandoned to the conflict of rival families ...
... proved highly unpropitious to Scotish literature . Scotland , becoming an appendage to the sister kingdom , was subjected , as Ireland has since been , to the worst of all governments , being abandoned to the conflict of rival families ...
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... prove . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! desire to be alone ; ' Tis my Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like ...
... prove . All my griefs to this are jolly , Nought so harsh as melancholy . Friends and companions , get you gone ! desire to be alone ; ' Tis my Ne'er well , but when my thoughts and I Do domineer in privacy . No gem , no treasure like ...
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... proving cruel , and bestowing her hand upon another and more aged admirer , he consoled himself by marrying Janet , the daughter and heir of Sir William Erskine . He was now warmly patronised by James I. , who made him in 1613 gentleman ...
... proving cruel , and bestowing her hand upon another and more aged admirer , he consoled himself by marrying Janet , the daughter and heir of Sir William Erskine . He was now warmly patronised by James I. , who made him in 1613 gentleman ...
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... , Who ne'er kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . THIS noble author is 34 REIGN OF JAMES I.
... , Who ne'er kept word in promis'd joy To lover , nor to loving dames . So all alike will constant prove , Both Fortune , running streams , and Love . EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY . THIS noble author is 34 REIGN OF JAMES I.
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... proved steel , Yet fearful of the arms herself doth wear ; Pride is not there ; no tyrant there we feel . No clamorous laws shall deaf thy music ear : They know no change , nor wanton Fortune's wheel : Thousand fresh sports grow in ...
... proved steel , Yet fearful of the arms herself doth wear ; Pride is not there ; no tyrant there we feel . No clamorous laws shall deaf thy music ear : They know no change , nor wanton Fortune's wheel : Thousand fresh sports grow in ...
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