The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... 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 : B 2 A foul A foul fupreme , in each hard inftance try'd , [ 3 ]
... 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 : B 2 A foul A foul fupreme , in each hard inftance try'd , [ 3 ]
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... 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 ill , Which felt the curfe , yet covets still to feel . He ...
... 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 ill , Which felt the curfe , yet covets still to feel . He ...
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... thine . " He spoke , and all a fudden there Light mufic floats in wanton air ; The monarch leads the queen : The reft their fairy partners found : And Mable trimly tript the ground With Edwin of the Green . The dauncing paft , the board ...
... thine . " He spoke , and all a fudden there Light mufic floats in wanton air ; The monarch leads the queen : The reft their fairy partners found : And Mable trimly tript the ground With Edwin of the Green . The dauncing paft , the board ...
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... thine own . " Here ended all the phantom - play ; They smelt the fresh approach of day , And heard a cock to crow ; The whirling wind that bore the crowd Has clapp'd the door , and whistled loud , To warn them all to go . Then screaming ...
... thine own . " Here ended all the phantom - play ; They smelt the fresh approach of day , And heard a cock to crow ; The whirling wind that bore the crowd Has clapp'd the door , and whistled loud , To warn them all to go . Then screaming ...
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... 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 , His death the young Lychopynax efpy'd , As on the flowery brink he pass'd the ...
... 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 , His death the young Lychopynax efpy'd , As on the flowery brink he pass'd the ...
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