The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... standing pool ; When near a courteous Frog advanc'd his head ; And from the waters , hoarfe - refounding , said , boaft ? What art thou , ftranger ? what the line you What chance has caft thee panting on our coaft ? With strictest truth ...
... standing pool ; When near a courteous Frog advanc'd his head ; And from the waters , hoarfe - refounding , said , boaft ? What art thou , ftranger ? what the line you What chance has caft thee panting on our coaft ? With strictest truth ...
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... stand ; Broad spread their backs , their shining shoulders rife ; Unnumber'd joints distort their lengthen'd thighs ; With nervous cords their hands are firmly brac'd ; Their round black eye - balls in their bofom plac'd ; ' On eight ...
... stand ; Broad spread their backs , their shining shoulders rife ; Unnumber'd joints distort their lengthen'd thighs ; With nervous cords their hands are firmly brac'd ; Their round black eye - balls in their bofom plac'd ; ' On eight ...
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... stand inform'd with art ) Here clear the caves , there ope the leading vein ; The mines detected flame with gold again . How vaft , how copious , are thy new defigns ! ' How every mufic varies in thy lines ! Still as I read , I feel my ...
... stand inform'd with art ) Here clear the caves , there ope the leading vein ; The mines detected flame with gold again . How vaft , how copious , are thy new defigns ! ' How every mufic varies in thy lines ! Still as I read , I feel my ...
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... stand , By turns obfequious to the milker's hand . When Damon foftly trod the thaven lawn , Damon a youth from city cares withdrawn ; Long was the pleafing walk he wander'd through , A cover'd arbour clos'd the diftant view ; There ...
... stand , By turns obfequious to the milker's hand . When Damon foftly trod the thaven lawn , Damon a youth from city cares withdrawn ; Long was the pleafing walk he wander'd through , A cover'd arbour clos'd the diftant view ; There ...
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... stand , And sheep for breezes feek the lofty land , A youth , whom Æsop taught that every tree , Each bird and infect , spoke as well as he ; Walk'd calmly musing in a shady way , Where flowering hawthorns broke the funny ray , And thus ...
... stand , And sheep for breezes feek the lofty land , A youth , whom Æsop taught that every tree , Each bird and infect , spoke as well as he ; Walk'd calmly musing in a shady way , Where flowering hawthorns broke the funny ray , And thus ...
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