The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful Passages in Our Poems and Plays, from the Celebrated Spencer to 1688 ...Olive Payne, 1740 - English drama |
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... Grace of Devonshire , Earl of Orrery , Lord Carleton , Sir John Packington , Gene- ral Seymour , Portman Seymour , Efq ; James Nichol Jon , Elq ; -Thornton , Efq ; of Bloxham . VI . The History of Poland , 2 Vol . VII . The Rife and ...
... Grace of Devonshire , Earl of Orrery , Lord Carleton , Sir John Packington , Gene- ral Seymour , Portman Seymour , Efq ; James Nichol Jon , Elq ; -Thornton , Efq ; of Bloxham . VI . The History of Poland , 2 Vol . VII . The Rife and ...
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... grace into another , that who fays , You now are courteous when you change the light , Will fay you're just , and think it a new fight , And this is your peculiar art ; we know Others might do like actions , but not fo ; The agents ...
... grace into another , that who fays , You now are courteous when you change the light , Will fay you're just , and think it a new fight , And this is your peculiar art ; we know Others might do like actions , but not fo ; The agents ...
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... grace , Do by deferts not gain fo great regard , Whilft they maintain , as they obtain their place . And if a worthy man to work great things , Wing'd with a tyrant's favour , raife his flight , The highest course to him most harm still ...
... grace , Do by deferts not gain fo great regard , Whilft they maintain , as they obtain their place . And if a worthy man to work great things , Wing'd with a tyrant's favour , raife his flight , The highest course to him most harm still ...
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... grace : Confid'ring how these Ornaments may wrong The fet of beauty ; which we fee doth grace Th ' attire it wears , and is not grac'd thereby , As b'ing that only which doth take the Eye . Sure this gay fresh fuit , as feems to me ...
... grace : Confid'ring how these Ornaments may wrong The fet of beauty ; which we fee doth grace Th ' attire it wears , and is not grac'd thereby , As b'ing that only which doth take the Eye . Sure this gay fresh fuit , as feems to me ...
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William Oldys. If then it grace fuch lame deformity , It adds a greater grace to purity . Heywood's Fair Maid of the Exchange . Faith , chufing of a wench in a huge farthingale , Is like the buying of ware under a great pent - house ...
William Oldys. If then it grace fuch lame deformity , It adds a greater grace to purity . Heywood's Fair Maid of the Exchange . Faith , chufing of a wench in a huge farthingale , Is like the buying of ware under a great pent - house ...
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