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... passion of love ; and he afterwards coquetted with Lady Mary Wortley Montague , and formed a connexion , some . what between the platonic and the amorous , with Miss Martha Blount , whose name occurs frequently in the following pages ...
... passion of love ; and he afterwards coquetted with Lady Mary Wortley Montague , and formed a connexion , some . what between the platonic and the amorous , with Miss Martha Blount , whose name occurs frequently in the following pages ...
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... passion , but that short and flowing the expression humble , yet as pure as the language will afford ; neat , but not flo- rid ; easy , and yet lively . In short , the fable , man- ners , thoughts , and expressions , are full of the ...
... passion , but that short and flowing the expression humble , yet as pure as the language will afford ; neat , but not flo- rid ; easy , and yet lively . In short , the fable , man- ners , thoughts , and expressions , are full of the ...
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... passions proper to each age . But after all , if they have any merit , it is to be attributed to some good old authors , whose works as I had leisure to study , so , I hope , I have not wanted care to imitate . PASTORALS . SPRING . THE ...
... passions proper to each age . But after all , if they have any merit , it is to be attributed to some good old authors , whose works as I had leisure to study , so , I hope , I have not wanted care to imitate . PASTORALS . SPRING . THE ...
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... passions , and their tender pains . Now setting Phoebus shone serenely bright , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan . Go ...
... passions , and their tender pains . Now setting Phoebus shone serenely bright , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas , with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep , and made the mountains groan . Go ...
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... passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds , and trees , and floods , her death deplore , Daphne our grief , our glory now no more ! But see ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high , Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal ...
... passion , and o'erflows with tears ; The winds , and trees , and floods , her death deplore , Daphne our grief , our glory now no more ! But see ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high , Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal ...
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