The SpectatorPutnam, 1856 |
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... verse in Virgil is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso . " 1 Rinaldo , an opera , planned by Aaron Hill : versified by G. Rossi , set by Handel . Walsh got £ 1,500 by printing it.-G. 2 A Malherbe , à Racan préférer Théophile Et ...
... verse in Virgil is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso . " 1 Rinaldo , an opera , planned by Aaron Hill : versified by G. Rossi , set by Handel . Walsh got £ 1,500 by printing it.-G. 2 A Malherbe , à Racan préférer Théophile Et ...
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... verses out of his poem of Vandyke . The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so ; But , confounded with thy art , Inquires her name that has his heart . I pronounced these words with such a languishing air ...
... verses out of his poem of Vandyke . The heedless lover does not know Whose eyes they are that wound him so ; But , confounded with thy art , Inquires her name that has his heart . I pronounced these words with such a languishing air ...
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... verse together every night . I remember , upon my inquiring after lodgings in Ormond - street , the landlord , to recommend that quarter of the town , told me , there was at that time a very good club in it : he also told me , upon ...
... verse together every night . I remember , upon my inquiring after lodgings in Ormond - street , the landlord , to recommend that quarter of the town , told me , there was at that time a very good club in it : he also told me , upon ...
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... verses for their toasting glasses were written by Garth , and the portraits of all its members painted by Kneller , who was himself one of their num- ber ; hence all portraits of the same dimensions are at this time known by the name of ...
... verses for their toasting glasses were written by Garth , and the portraits of all its members painted by Kneller , who was himself one of their num- ber ; hence all portraits of the same dimensions are at this time known by the name of ...
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... verse in old Hesiod , which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage . -Nor think , though men were none , That Heav'n would want spectators , God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk ...
... verse in old Hesiod , which is almost word for word the same with his third line in the following passage . -Nor think , though men were none , That Heav'n would want spectators , God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk ...
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Страница 435 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me ; what then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him...
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