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. |
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Page 44
It was then customary for every young man of fortune , before he commenced his
political career , or even began his travels , to pass some time in the study of the
law . Sackville , accordingly , removed from College to the Inner Temple for that ...
It was then customary for every young man of fortune , before he commenced his
political career , or even began his travels , to pass some time in the study of the
law . Sackville , accordingly , removed from College to the Inner Temple for that ...
Page 364
Every thing doth pass away , There is danger in delay . Come , come , gather
then the rose , Gather it , or it you lose ! All the sand of Tagus ' shore , Into my
bosom casts his ore . All the valley's ripeu'd corn , To my house is yearly borne .
Every thing doth pass away , There is danger in delay . Come , come , gather
then the rose , Gather it , or it you lose ! All the sand of Tagus ' shore , Into my
bosom casts his ore . All the valley's ripeu'd corn , To my house is yearly borne .
Page 368
For things that pass are pass'd ; and in this field , The spring indefinite , no winter
fears ; The trees together fruit and blossom yield ; Th ' unfading lily leaves of
silver bears ; The crimson rose a scarlet garment wears : * About the holy city
rolls a ...
For things that pass are pass'd ; and in this field , The spring indefinite , no winter
fears ; The trees together fruit and blossom yield ; Th ' unfading lily leaves of
silver bears ; The crimson rose a scarlet garment wears : * About the holy city
rolls a ...
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At my first passing over the place on horseback , my careless eyes chanced to
glance at a bay - window , where certain gentlewomen strangers were placed ,
and paused a little as being attracted , no less by the novelty , than the goodly ...
At my first passing over the place on horseback , my careless eyes chanced to
glance at a bay - window , where certain gentlewomen strangers were placed ,
and paused a little as being attracted , no less by the novelty , than the goodly ...
Page 302
The life that passes in penury , " says Dr. Johnson , “ must necessarily pass in
obscurity . " His biographer adds that it was impossible to trace Fenton from year
to year , or to discover what means he used for his support , as enquiry of his ...
The life that passes in penury , " says Dr. Johnson , “ must necessarily pass in
obscurity . " His biographer adds that it was impossible to trace Fenton from year
to year , or to discover what means he used for his support , as enquiry of his ...
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