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Short Sayings of Great Men: With Historical and Explanatory Notes - Page 504
by Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 610 pages
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...syllables, IVn such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, Bat wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage,...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 40

John Bell - 1807 - 562 pages
...clainti Prcserv'd in Milton's, or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms 169 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry, I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true...
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The poetical works of Alexander Pope. With his last corrections, additions ...

Alexander Pope - 1807 - 288 pages
...small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspcare's name. Pretty! in amher to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of ...

Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's orin Shakespeare's name. Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry: 1 excus'd then too; Wcll might they rage, I gave them bat their due. . A man's true...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...syllables, I < 11 such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Sbakspe.tr's name. Pretty ' in amber to observe the forms Of hairs or...nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics aome regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakspeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...nor rare. But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they rage, I gave them but their due. A man's true...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Nhaktpfarc's name. Pretty '. in amber to oLsuvc 09 Were others angry : I excus'd th«in too ; Well might they Mge, I gave them but their due. A man^s...
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Lectures on Painting, Delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts: With a Letter ...

John Opie - 1809 - 312 pages
...obtruded on the spectator, on the most solemn occasions, as the principal objects in the piece ! ! ! " The things we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there ! " With all these defects, such are the powers displayed in their works, that many of those of a confessedly...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 546 pages
...syllables, Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or...worms! The things we know are neither rich nor rare, 171 But wonder how the devil they got there. Were others angry : I excus'd them too ; Well might they...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 536 pages
...syllables, Kv'n suc-ii small critics some regnn! nuiy claim, Proscrv'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! I'iie things we know arc neither rich nor rare, 171 But wonder how the devil they got there. Went...
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