 A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes • From whence 'tis nourished : The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies Each bound it chafes.  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 301876Full view - About this book
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...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished: The fire i'the flint Shows not, till it be struck; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 502 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 520 pages
...some work, some dedication To the great lord. Mer. 'Tis a good form. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished: The fire i'theflint Shows not, till it be struck; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current, flies... | |
 | John Howe Baron Chedworth - 1805 - 392 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 388 pages
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 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some To the great lord. [dedication Poet. A thing slipt idly from. me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished: The fire i* the flint Shews not, 'till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 354 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 506 pages
...rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication 'i .... To the great lord. Poet. A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished : The fire i'the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, like the current,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 464 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 476 pages
...You are rapt, sir, in some work, some dedication To the great lord. Poet- A thing slipp'd idly from me. Our poesy is as a gum, which oozes From whence 'tis nourished : 7'he fire i'the flint Shows not, till it be struck ; our gentle flame Provokes itself, and, Hke the... | |
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