The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meanest what we greatest call , Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall . And fure , if aught below the seats divine Can touch immortals , ' tis a foul like thine ...
... fame , or fate , Perhaps forgets that Oxford e'er was great ; Or , deeming meanest what we greatest call , Beholds thee glorious only in thy fall . And fure , if aught below the seats divine Can touch immortals , ' tis a foul like thine ...
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... Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's fweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He finil'd , he kiss ...
... Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flowery breast , From Nature's fweets he fipp'd the fragrant dew , He finil'd , he kiss ...
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... fame . Once on a time , fatigued and out of breath , And juft efcap'd the ftretching claws of death , A gentle Moufe , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled swift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst ...
... fame . Once on a time , fatigued and out of breath , And juft efcap'd the ftretching claws of death , A gentle Moufe , whom cats pursued in vain , Fled swift of foot across the neighbouring plain , Hung o'er a brink , his eager thirst ...
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... fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my gueffing eyes . Thus ceased the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the gods , the men , the birds that fly Through wild expanfes of the midway sky , My name refounds ; and if unknown to ...
... fame ; Then trace thy line , and aid my gueffing eyes . Thus ceased the Frog , and thus the Mouse replies . Known to the gods , the men , the birds that fly Through wild expanfes of the midway sky , My name refounds ; and if unknown to ...
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... fame : O friends , I never forc'd the Moufe to death , Nor faw the gafping of his latest breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , . And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by . falfe appearance ...
... fame : O friends , I never forc'd the Moufe to death , Nor faw the gafping of his latest breath . He , vain of youth , our art of swimming try'd , . And , venturous , in the lake the wanton dy'd . To vengeance now by . falfe appearance ...
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