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Afhridge againſt alfo allufion alſo beautiful becauſe Brothers Caftle charms Chaſtity Circe compofed compofitions Comus copies dæmon defcription Drayton Earl of Bridgewater edition EDITOR Egerton Engliſh expreffion FAERIE QUEENE faid FAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS fame fatire fays fecond feems fenfe fentiment fhall fhould fing firft firſt Fletcher fome fong foon foul fpeaking ftream fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fupr fweet Heav'n Henry Henry Lawes himſelf honour HORACE houſe Ibid L'ALLEGRO Lady laft Lawes's Lord Brackley Lord Prefident Ludlow LUDLOW CASTLE manufcript Maſk Milton moft moſt mufic muſt NEWTON night obferves occafion Ovid paffage PARADISE LOST perfons perhaps PINDAR pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry praiſe prefent publiſhed reafon Sabrina SAMSON AGONISTES Shakspeare ſhe Sifter Song ſpeak Spenfer Spirit ſtate Suidas ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou uſed verfe verſe virgin Wales WARBURTON WARTON Weft whofe wood word δε εν και μεν
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