The Works of Mr. A. Cowley: In Prose and Verse, Tom 3John Sharpe, 1809 |
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... field , Oppression sack'd the town ; " What the Sword's reaping spar'd , was glean'd by " th ' Gown . " At courts , and seats of justice , to complain , 80 . " Was to be robb'd more vexingly again . " Nor was their Lust less active or ...
... field , Oppression sack'd the town ; " What the Sword's reaping spar'd , was glean'd by " th ' Gown . " At courts , and seats of justice , to complain , 80 . " Was to be robb'd more vexingly again . " Nor was their Lust less active or ...
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... fields , sack'd towns , and princes slain ; " His sceptre that , and Ophra's threshing - floor " The seat and emblem of his justice bore . " What should I Jair , the happiest ... field in haste they summon'd were. c 3 B. IV . ] 9 DAVIDEIS .
... fields , sack'd towns , and princes slain ; " His sceptre that , and Ophra's threshing - floor " The seat and emblem of his justice bore . " What should I Jair , the happiest ... field in haste they summon'd were. c 3 B. IV . ] 9 DAVIDEIS .
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In Prose and Verse Abraham Cowley Richard Hurd. " Oft from the field in haste they summon'd were " Some weighty foreign embassy to hear ; 66 They call'd their slaves , their sons , and friends , " around , 180 " Who all at several cares ...
In Prose and Verse Abraham Cowley Richard Hurd. " Oft from the field in haste they summon'd were " Some weighty foreign embassy to hear ; 66 They call'd their slaves , their sons , and friends , " around , 180 " Who all at several cares ...
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... field , " Yet this was the first day that call'd him forth , " Since Saul's bright crowir gave lustre to his worth ; " ' T was the last morning whose uncheerful rise 536 " Sad Jabesh was to view with both their eyes . " Secure proud ...
... field , " Yet this was the first day that call'd him forth , " Since Saul's bright crowir gave lustre to his worth ; " ' T was the last morning whose uncheerful rise 536 " Sad Jabesh was to view with both their eyes . " Secure proud ...
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... fields of corn their armed squadrons stand ; " As thick and numberless they hide the land . 706 " Here with sharp neighs the warlike horses sound , " And with proud prancings beat the putrid ground ; " Here with worse noise three ...
... fields of corn their armed squadrons stand ; " As thick and numberless they hide the land . 706 " Here with sharp neighs the warlike horses sound , " And with proud prancings beat the putrid ground ; " Here with worse noise three ...
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Strona 169 - tis that you should carry me away; And trust me not, my friends, if every day I walk not here with more delight, Than ever, after the most happy fight, In triumph to the Capitol I rode, To thank the gods, and to be thought myself almost a god.
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Strona 160 - Nobilis otii, when he spoke of his own). But several accidents of my ill fortune have disappointed me hitherto, and do still, of that felicity; for though I have made the first and hardest step to it, by abandoning all ambitions and hopes in this World, and by retiring from the noise of all business and almost company, yet I stick still in the Inn of a hired House and Garden, among Weeds and Rubbish; and without that plesantest work of Human Industry, the Improvement of something which we call (not...