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Page 88
Such an attachment appears to have taken place ; it was mutual , ardent , and
might have been happy aud innocent . What prevented their union does not
satisfactorily appear . Sidney alludes to it in one of his best Sonnets , and shall
speak ...
Such an attachment appears to have taken place ; it was mutual , ardent , and
might have been happy aud innocent . What prevented their union does not
satisfactorily appear . Sidney alludes to it in one of his best Sonnets , and shall
speak ...
Page 147
... at the university is also unknown . One thing appears certain , that he was
expelled from thence for alledged irregularities and offence given to the head of
his college : what these irregularities were , does not satisfactorily appear : by ...
... at the university is also unknown . One thing appears certain , that he was
expelled from thence for alledged irregularities and offence given to the head of
his college : what these irregularities were , does not satisfactorily appear : by ...
Page 257
By the inscription on his monument we are assured that he had been a graduate
at one of the universities , though Dr. Johnson in the short account he has given
of his life , does not appear to have known which . He seems to have devoted ...
By the inscription on his monument we are assured that he had been a graduate
at one of the universities , though Dr. Johnson in the short account he has given
of his life , does not appear to have known which . He seems to have devoted ...
Page 301
If thy proud muse the tragic buskin wears , Great Sophocles revives , and re -
appears ; If by thy hand the Homeric lyre be ... Soon disappears , and wings his
airy way ; - ; So didst thou canish , eager to appear , And lice triumphant in thy
native ...
If thy proud muse the tragic buskin wears , Great Sophocles revives , and re -
appears ; If by thy hand the Homeric lyre be ... Soon disappears , and wings his
airy way ; - ; So didst thou canish , eager to appear , And lice triumphant in thy
native ...
Page 319
When realms are ravag'd with invasive foes , Each bosom with heroic ardour
glows ; Old chiefs , reflecting on their former deeds , Disdain to rust with batter'd
invalids ; But active in the foremost ranks appear , And leave young smock -
faced ...
When realms are ravag'd with invasive foes , Each bosom with heroic ardour
glows ; Old chiefs , reflecting on their former deeds , Disdain to rust with batter'd
invalids ; But active in the foremost ranks appear , And leave young smock -
faced ...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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