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The Young men's magazine - Page 24
by British and foreign young men's society - 1839
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 2

1807 - 474 pages
...music. , " At last a soft and solemn breathing sound Rose lite a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took...Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death." Comus,...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...and wish'd she rnfgbt Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all car, 560 And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death ; but O ere long Too -well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd Lady, your dear sister....
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Comus: A Mask

John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...A. ii. At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound 555 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took...Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 5(50 And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...close-curtutu'd Sleep ; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich dktill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took...Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, to be so displac'd. I was all car, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took...Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, to be so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death : but...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...close-curtain'd Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took...she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still, tobe so displac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death...
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The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood, Volume 1

Eleanor Sleath - 1810 - 208 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that eren SILIKCI Wu took ere the was 'ware, and wisb'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more. Still to be thus displaced." • At this time there was something in the tones of the music, even more affecting...
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The modern British drama, Volume 2

British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...ev'u Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wish'd she might Drny her nature, and be never more, Mill to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death — but oh ! ere long Too well I did perceive it was the voice Of my most honour'd lady, your dear...
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The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 2

1811 - 620 pages
...distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that ev'n Silence Was took ere she was 'ware, and wisli'd she might Deny her nature, and be never more, Still to be so digplac'd. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death —...
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Discoveries in hieroglyphics, and other antiquities, in ..., Volumes 5-6

Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 pages
...sleep ; At last a soft and solemn breathing sound .560 Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even silence Was took...Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displac'd. I was all ear, 565 And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death...
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