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... doth promise , 875 And all the Godly expect from us . Nor shall they be deceiv'd , unless We're slurr'd and outed by success ; Success , the mark no mortal wit , Or surest hand , can always hit : 880 For whatsoe'er we perpetrate , We do ...
... doth promise , 875 And all the Godly expect from us . Nor shall they be deceiv'd , unless We're slurr'd and outed by success ; Success , the mark no mortal wit , Or surest hand , can always hit : 880 For whatsoe'er we perpetrate , We do ...
Page 87
... doth not conquer them So much by strength , as subtle stratagem.— So Pharaoh's rat , ' ere he begins the fray ' Gainst the blind aspic , with a cleaving clay Upon his coat he wraps an earthen cake , Which afterwards the sun's hot beams ...
... doth not conquer them So much by strength , as subtle stratagem.— So Pharaoh's rat , ' ere he begins the fray ' Gainst the blind aspic , with a cleaving clay Upon his coat he wraps an earthen cake , Which afterwards the sun's hot beams ...
Page 88
... doth fly , And feeds upon that glutton , for whose riot All Nile's fat margent could scarce furnish diet . " V. 777-8 . The Indians fought for the truth Of th ' elephant and monkey's tooth . ] The Indians in the island of Ceylon ...
... doth fly , And feeds upon that glutton , for whose riot All Nile's fat margent could scarce furnish diet . " V. 777-8 . The Indians fought for the truth Of th ' elephant and monkey's tooth . ] The Indians in the island of Ceylon ...
Page 116
... Doth you to these dire actions hurry ? What œstrum , what phrenetic mood , Makes you thus lavish of your blood , While the proud Vies your trophies boast , And unreveng'd walks Waller's ghost ? What towns , what garrisons , might you ...
... Doth you to these dire actions hurry ? What œstrum , what phrenetic mood , Makes you thus lavish of your blood , While the proud Vies your trophies boast , And unreveng'd walks Waller's ghost ? What towns , what garrisons , might you ...
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... Doth you to these dire actions hurry ? ] A paraphrase of those lines of Lucan , beginning Quis furor , O cives , & c . and thus translated by Sir Arthur Gorges : " Dear citizens , what brain - sick charms , What outrage of disorder'd ...
... Doth you to these dire actions hurry ? ] A paraphrase of those lines of Lucan , beginning Quis furor , O cives , & c . and thus translated by Sir Arthur Gorges : " Dear citizens , what brain - sick charms , What outrage of disorder'd ...
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