The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... seems to feel . Yet have we foes which direful dangers caufe , Grim owls with talons arm'd , and cats with claws , And that falle trap , the den of filent fate , Where death his ambush plants around the bait : All dreaded thefe , and ...
... seems to feel . Yet have we foes which direful dangers caufe , Grim owls with talons arm'd , and cats with claws , And that falle trap , the den of filent fate , Where death his ambush plants around the bait : All dreaded thefe , and ...
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... seems to glide . > The flumbering breeze forgets to breathe , The lake is smooth and clear beneath , Where once again the spangled show Defcends to meet our eyes below . The grounds , which on the right afpire , In dimnefs from the view ...
... seems to glide . > The flumbering breeze forgets to breathe , The lake is smooth and clear beneath , Where once again the spangled show Defcends to meet our eyes below . The grounds , which on the right afpire , In dimnefs from the view ...
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... Seem'd heaven itfelf , till one fuggeftion rofe ; That vice fhould triumph , virtue vice obey , This fprung fome doubt of Providence's fway : His hopes no more a certain profpect boast , And all the tenour of his foul is loft : So when ...
... Seem'd heaven itfelf , till one fuggeftion rofe ; That vice fhould triumph , virtue vice obey , This fprung fome doubt of Providence's fway : His hopes no more a certain profpect boast , And all the tenour of his foul is loft : So when ...
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... seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind , Content , and not to praise , but virtue kind . - Hither the walkers turn with weary feet , Then blefs the manfion , and the mafter greet : Their greeting fair , bestow'd with modest guise ...
... seem'd to speak its master's turn of mind , Content , and not to praise , but virtue kind . - Hither the walkers turn with weary feet , Then blefs the manfion , and the mafter greet : Their greeting fair , bestow'd with modest guise ...
Page 102
... seem as twins ally'd , There's eldership on Truth's delightful fide ; Her feek with heed - who feeks the foundest first , Is not of no Religion , nor the worst . T'adore , or fcorn an image , or protest , May all be bad ; doubt wisely ...
... seem as twins ally'd , There's eldership on Truth's delightful fide ; Her feek with heed - who feeks the foundest first , Is not of no Religion , nor the worst . T'adore , or fcorn an image , or protest , May all be bad ; doubt wisely ...
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