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... Wife of Bath Thebais of Statius • The Fable of Dryope · Vertumnus and Pomona . Imitations of English Poets An Essay on Man , Epistle I. Epistle II . Epistle III . Epistle IV . The Universal Prayer 20 27 39 43 46 48 • 70 95 97 98 100 107 ...
... Wife of Bath Thebais of Statius • The Fable of Dryope · Vertumnus and Pomona . Imitations of English Poets An Essay on Man , Epistle I. Epistle II . Epistle III . Epistle IV . The Universal Prayer 20 27 39 43 46 48 • 70 95 97 98 100 107 ...
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... Wife of Bath , and the Translation of Sappho to Phaon , at the age of fourteen ; the Pastorals , at sixteen ; and the Essay on Criticism , at nineteen . It may be observed , too , that he had no sooner become an author , than he began ...
... Wife of Bath , and the Translation of Sappho to Phaon , at the age of fourteen ; the Pastorals , at sixteen ; and the Essay on Criticism , at nineteen . It may be observed , too , that he had no sooner become an author , than he began ...
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... , Though meant each other's aid , like man and wife , ' Tis more to guide , than spur the muse's steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courser , like a generous horse , Shows 50 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
... , Though meant each other's aid , like man and wife , ' Tis more to guide , than spur the muse's steed ; Restrain his fury , than provoke his speed : The winged courser , like a generous horse , Shows 50 ESSAY ON CRITICISM .
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... wife that other men enjoy ; Then most our trouble still when most admir'd , And still the more we give , the more requir'd : Whose fame with pains we guard , but lose with ease , Sure some to vex , but never all to please ; ' Tis what ...
... wife that other men enjoy ; Then most our trouble still when most admir'd , And still the more we give , the more requir'd : Whose fame with pains we guard , but lose with ease , Sure some to vex , but never all to please ; ' Tis what ...
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... wives , and thus your children fall : On all the line a sudden vengeance waits , And frequent hearses shall besiege your gates ; There passengers shall stand , and pointing say ( While the long funerals blacken all the way ) , ' Lo ...
... wives , and thus your children fall : On all the line a sudden vengeance waits , And frequent hearses shall besiege your gates ; There passengers shall stand , and pointing say ( While the long funerals blacken all the way ) , ' Lo ...
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