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one night ere glimps of
80 Hard by, a Cottage chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged Okes, Where Corydon and Thyrsis met, Are at their savory dinner set Of Hearbs, and other Country Messes, Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses; And then in haste her Bowre she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the Sheaves; Or if the earlier season lead To the tann'd Haycock in the Mead, 90 Som times with secure delight The up-land Hamlets will invite, When the merry Bells ring round, And the jocond rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the Chequer'd shade; And young and old com forth to play On a Sunshine Holyday, Till the live-long day-light fail, Then to the Spicy Nut-brown Ale, 100 With stories told of many a feat, How Faery Mab the junkets eat, She was pincht, and pull'd she sed, And he by Friars Lanthorn led Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To ern his Cream-bowle duly set, When in one night, ere glimps of morn, His shadowy Flale hath
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

of Numa eight guilds of
Trades scarcely kept pace with agriculture, although in the time of Numa eight guilds of craftsmen were numbered among the institutions of Rome—flute-blowers, goldsmiths, coppersmiths, carpenters, fullers, dyers, potters, and shoemakers.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

of nature either general or
After defining poetry to be an “imitation of nature, either general or particular, made in verse, for utility or amusement, or for both together,” 587 he goes on to say, that little plays of wit, such as sonnets, madrigals, 565 and songs, may sometimes have no other object than agreeable amusement; but that in poetry of a more important kind, such as comedies, tragedies, and epopee, the useful and the agreeable must necessarily be combined together, that is to say, the work must at once instruct and entertain.
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

one night ere glimpse of
And he, by Friar’s lantern led, Tells how the drudging goblin sweat 105 To earn his cream-bowl duly set, When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-laborers could not end ; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend , 110
— from Milton: Minor Poems by John Milton

or new errors gave occasion
And so in other matters, as the rising controversies or new errors gave occasion for it, there were more explicit declarations of what was formerly implicitly believed.
— from The Faith of Our Fathers by James Gibbons

of nervous excitement grows on
'No,' I observed, 'that sort of nervous excitement grows on people.
— from The Affair at the Inn by Jane Helen Findlater

of natural easy growth of
Two Bases Of Growth Mind and Body Now let us consider briefly: first, the bases of natural, easy growth of selected man qualities; second, the processes that take place in the development of desired man qualities, some of which may not have seemed to exist previous to the evolutionary training; third, the training methods that should be employed to make these processes most effective and to produce the particular results wanted and no others.
— from Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins

only news ever gained of
About a year after the search a little vessel arrived at Liverpool with news, the only news ever gained of the "Recluse," and it was only cruel tidings that rekindles dying expectation to quench it again.
— from The Weird of the Wentworths: A Tale of George IV's Time, Vol. 2 by Johannes Scotus

other neither ever got one
Neither ever expected an answer from the other; neither ever got one.
— from The Treasure of the Isle of Mist by W. W. (William Woodthorpe) Tarn


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