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English Men of Letters - Page 101
edited by - 1894
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The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the ..., Volume 2

Giles Jacob - 1723 - 402 pages
...good Days, that might be better fpentt To wafte long Nights in penfive Difcontent ; To fpeed To-day, to be put back To-morrow, To feed on Hope, to pine with Fear and Sorrow ; To have thy Prince's Grace, yet want her Peers j To have thy ailing, yet wait many...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ...

William Oldys - 1740 - 326 pages
...good days that might be better fpent, To waite long nights in pepfive difcontent. To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy asking, yet wait many...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 1

Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - 1753 - 366 pages
...clo'e good days, that nights be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent ; To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, To have thy asking, yet wart many years....
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 10

New and general biographical dictionary - 1762 - 544 pages
...lofe good days that might be better fpenr, " To waft long nights in penfive difcontent ; " To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, " To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; " To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, " To have thy afking, yet wait...
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A View of the State of Ireland as it was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ...

Edmund Spenser - 1763 - 310 pages
...good days, that might be better [pent, To wafte long Nights in penfive Difcontent $ lofpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on Hope, to pine with Fear and Sorrow ; To To have thy Prince's Grace ; yet want her Peers / . To have thy asking, yel wait...
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Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several ..., Volume 2

Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 278 pages
...good Jays, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent: . To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres[«]; To have thy afkirigs, yet wait...
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Preface on the manner of writing dialogue. Dialogue 1. On sincerity in the ...

Richard Hurd - 1771 - 284 pages
...good days, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent: To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres[a]; To have thyafkings, yet wait many...
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The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem

Luís de Camões - 1776 - 674 pages
...good day«, that might be better fpent, To wafte long nights in peniive dilcontent ; To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and farrow ; To have thy Pi inccfs' grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy afking, yet wait many...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 51

1789 - 682 pages
...good days, that might be better fpent ; To walic long nights in pen live difcontcnt; To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and for> row ; To have the Princefs1 grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy aflcing, yet wait...
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Briefe eines jungen Gelehrten an seinen Freund

Johannes von Müller - 1802 - 424 pages
...dicere possum , nihil esse tanti , unb üor ber ¿Sut retlijagb warne Síф ber alte ©genfer. to waste long nights in pensive discontent to speed to day, to be put back to morrow to feed on hope, to pine with fear and Borrow to have thy askings, yet wait many years, to...
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