The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... fair cities bend Their ample bow , a new Whitehall ascend ! There mighty nations shall inquire their doom , The world's great oracle in times to come ; There kings shall sue , and suppliant states be seen Once more to bend a British ...
... fair cities bend Their ample bow , a new Whitehall ascend ! There mighty nations shall inquire their doom , The world's great oracle in times to come ; There kings shall sue , and suppliant states be seen Once more to bend a British ...
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... fair ; I hear her in the tunefu ' birds , I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonie flower that springs By fountain , shaw , or green , There's not a bonie bird that sings , But minds me o ' my Jean . AFTON WATER 10 ( 1788 , 1790 ) ...
... fair ; I hear her in the tunefu ' birds , I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonie flower that springs By fountain , shaw , or green , There's not a bonie bird that sings , But minds me o ' my Jean . AFTON WATER 10 ( 1788 , 1790 ) ...
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... fair " used merely as a synonym for " maids " - " —e.g. , as in " the fair " ? Or , is it that beauty is easily flattered ? The doctrine which Ariel urges Belinda to accept is certainly flattering : “ Hear and believe ! thy own ...
... fair " used merely as a synonym for " maids " - " —e.g. , as in " the fair " ? Or , is it that beauty is easily flattered ? The doctrine which Ariel urges Belinda to accept is certainly flattering : “ Hear and believe ! thy own ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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