The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... land the fhining vengeance fafe below . A golden coffer in her hand fhe bore , The prefent treacherous , but the bearer more ; ' Twas fraught with pangs ; for Jove ordain'd above , That gold should aid , and pangs attend on love . Her ...
... land the fhining vengeance fafe below . A golden coffer in her hand fhe bore , The prefent treacherous , but the bearer more ; ' Twas fraught with pangs ; for Jove ordain'd above , That gold should aid , and pangs attend on love . Her ...
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... land before . But foon as Dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind , Which made him want fuccefs . With lufty livelyhed he talks ...
... land before . But foon as Dan Apollo rofe , Full jolly creature home he goes , He feels his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind , Which made him want fuccefs . With lufty livelyhed he talks ...
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... land , and circling sea ; With fertile feed the fill'd the pervious earth , And ever fix'd the mystic ways of birth . Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before ; Let thofe who always lov'd , now love the more . ' Twas the the parent ...
... land , and circling sea ; With fertile feed the fill'd the pervious earth , And ever fix'd the mystic ways of birth . Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before ; Let thofe who always lov'd , now love the more . ' Twas the the parent ...
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... 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 wonders ask thy view , And BATTLE OF THE FROGS , & c . 39.
... 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 wonders ask thy view , And BATTLE OF THE FROGS , & c . 39.
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... 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 rife ! This faid , he fighing gafp'd , and gasping dy'd ...
... 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 rife ! This faid , he fighing gafp'd , and gasping dy'd ...
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