The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... never - dying fire ! Enjoy thy glory past , that gift was thine ; The next thy creature meets , be fairly mine : And fuch a gift , a vengeance fo defign'd , As fuits the counfel of a God to find ; A pleasing bofom - cheat , a fpecious ...
... never - dying fire ! Enjoy thy glory past , that gift was thine ; The next thy creature meets , be fairly mine : And fuch a gift , a vengeance fo defign'd , As fuits the counfel of a God to find ; A pleasing bofom - cheat , a fpecious ...
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... wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad Abroad the labour , and at home the noise , THE RISE OF WOMAN .
... wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad Abroad the labour , and at home the noise , THE RISE OF WOMAN .
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... bleed ; " Without his quiver , Cupid caus'd the deed : " He judg'd this turn of malice justly due , " And Hefiod dy'd for joys he never knew . " SONG . G. SON WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and THE RISE OF WOMAN . 13.
... bleed ; " Without his quiver , Cupid caus'd the deed : " He judg'd this turn of malice justly due , " And Hefiod dy'd for joys he never knew . " SONG . G. SON WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and THE RISE OF WOMAN . 13.
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... never yet Was dight a mafquing half fo neat , Or half fo rich before ; The country lent the sweet perfumes , The fea the pearl , the fky the plumes , The town its filken ftore . Now whilft he gaz'd , a gallant drest In flaunting robes ...
... never yet Was dight a mafquing half fo neat , Or half fo rich before ; The country lent the sweet perfumes , The fea the pearl , the fky the plumes , The town its filken ftore . Now whilft he gaz'd , a gallant drest In flaunting robes ...
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... never wight in such a case Through all the 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 ...
... never wight in such a case Through all the 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 ...
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