The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... king , Full every deal they laugh and fing , And antic feats devife ; Some wind and tumble like an ape , And other fome tranfmute their shape In Edwin's wondering eyes . Till one at last , that Robin hight , Renown'd for pinching maids ...
... king , Full every deal they laugh and fing , And antic feats devife ; Some wind and tumble like an ape , And other fome tranfmute their shape In Edwin's wondering eyes . Till one at last , that Robin hight , Renown'd for pinching maids ...
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... king ; a fon of martial 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 ...
... king ; a fon of martial 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 ...
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... king addrest : Thy words luxuriant on thy dainties rove , And , ftranger , we can boast of bounteous Jove : We sport in water , or we dance on land , And , born amphibious , food from both command . D 4 But But truft thyself where ...
... king addrest : Thy words luxuriant on thy dainties rove , And , ftranger , we can boast of bounteous Jove : We sport in water , or we dance on land , And , born amphibious , food from both command . D 4 But But truft thyself where ...
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... king ! Purfued by vengeance on the swiftest wing ! At land thy ftrength could never equal mine , At fea to conquer , and by craft , was thine . But heaven has Gods , and Gods have searching eyes : Ye Mice , ye Mice , my great avengers ...
... king ! Purfued by vengeance on the swiftest wing ! At land thy ftrength could never equal mine , At fea to conquer , and by craft , was thine . But heaven has Gods , and Gods have searching eyes : Ye Mice , ye Mice , my great avengers ...
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... king's command : Ye Frogs ! the Mice with vengeance fir'd , advance , And deck'd in armour shake the shining lance : Their hapless prince by Phyfignathus flain , Extends incumbent on the watery plain . Then arm your host , the doubtful ...
... king's command : Ye Frogs ! the Mice with vengeance fir'd , advance , And deck'd in armour shake the shining lance : Their hapless prince by Phyfignathus flain , Extends incumbent on the watery plain . Then arm your host , the doubtful ...
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