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However , he scarcely had got through the door , When he look ' d adoration ,
and bow ' d to the floor , For his host was a God - what a very great thing ! And
what was still greater in his eyes a king ! ( 10 ) Apollo smil ' d shrewdly , and bade
him ...
However , he scarcely had got through the door , When he look ' d adoration ,
and bow ' d to the floor , For his host was a God - what a very great thing ! And
what was still greater in his eyes a king ! ( 10 ) Apollo smil ' d shrewdly , and bade
him ...
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... account of their fineness , in flame from the sun ; The wines were all nectar of
different smack , To which Muskat was nothing , nar Virginis Lac , No , nor
Lachryma Christi , though clearly divine , Nor Montepulciano , though king of all
wine .
... account of their fineness , in flame from the sun ; The wines were all nectar of
different smack , To which Muskat was nothing , nar Virginis Lac , No , nor
Lachryma Christi , though clearly divine , Nor Montepulciano , though king of all
wine .
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Avaž Atomwv - King Apollo - a common title with the old Grecian poets . See the
following note . ( 11 ) Be original , man ; study more , scribble less , Nor mistake
present favour for lasting success ; And remember , if laurels are what you would
...
Avaž Atomwv - King Apollo - a common title with the old Grecian poets . See the
following note . ( 11 ) Be original , man ; study more , scribble less , Nor mistake
present favour for lasting success ; And remember , if laurels are what you would
...
Page 63
The execution of Charles the First Mr . Scott calls an enormity unequalled in
modern history , till the present age furnished a parallel : - massacres , of course ,
and other trifles of that sort , particularly when kings and courtiers are the actors ...
The execution of Charles the First Mr . Scott calls an enormity unequalled in
modern history , till the present age furnished a parallel : - massacres , of course ,
and other trifles of that sort , particularly when kings and courtiers are the actors ...
Page 93
... had written only those two lines , one in the Merchant of Venice , where he
speaks of moonlight , How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank , And the
other in Lear , where the poor old heartbursting king , finding his trembling fingers
too ...
... had written only those two lines , one in the Merchant of Venice , where he
speaks of moonlight , How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank , And the
other in Lear , where the poor old heartbursting king , finding his trembling fingers
too ...
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| Title | The Feast of the Poets: With Notes, and Other Pieces in Verse |
| Author | Leigh Hunt |
| Publisher | J. Cawthorn, 1814 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 5 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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