The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, Limited, 1910 - 4 pages |
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... ne'er admitted love a guest , " and he had been so long used to this Platonic affection , that he had come to regard women as friends , but never as lovers . Stella , on her part , had the same feeling , for she never expressed the ...
... ne'er admitted love a guest , " and he had been so long used to this Platonic affection , that he had come to regard women as friends , but never as lovers . Stella , on her part , had the same feeling , for she never expressed the ...
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... ne'er since seated in one single breast . ' Tis you who must this land subdue , The mighty conquest's left for you , The conquest and discovery too : Search out this Utopian ground , Virtue's Terra Incognita , Where none ever led the ...
... ne'er since seated in one single breast . ' Tis you who must this land subdue , The mighty conquest's left for you , The conquest and discovery too : Search out this Utopian ground , Virtue's Terra Incognita , Where none ever led the ...
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... ne'er join'd before , but in romances meet , We find in you at last united grown . You cannot be compared to one : I must , like him that painted Venus ' face , Borrow from every one a grace ; Virgil and Epicurus will not do , Their ...
... ne'er join'd before , but in romances meet , We find in you at last united grown . You cannot be compared to one : I must , like him that painted Venus ' face , Borrow from every one a grace ; Virgil and Epicurus will not do , Their ...
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... er their skin , So wore he his within , Made up of virtue and transparent innocence ; And though he oft renew'd the fight , And almost got priority of sight , He ne'er could overcome her quite , In pieces cut , the viper still did ...
... er their skin , So wore he his within , Made up of virtue and transparent innocence ; And though he oft renew'd the fight , And almost got priority of sight , He ne'er could overcome her quite , In pieces cut , the viper still did ...
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... ne'er can hope to see ; Methinks I'm satisfied to guess , That this new , noble , and delightful scene , Is wonderfully moved by some exalted men , Who have well studied in the world's disease , ( ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY 19.
... ne'er can hope to see ; Methinks I'm satisfied to guess , That this new , noble , and delightful scene , Is wonderfully moved by some exalted men , Who have well studied in the world's disease , ( ODE TO THE ATHENIAN SOCIETY 19.
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