The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... say , 500 That they are ne'er beside their way , Whate'er men speak by this New - light , Still they are fure to be i ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lantern of the Spirit , 505 Which none fee by but those that bear it ; A light that ...
... say , 500 That they are ne'er beside their way , Whate'er men speak by this New - light , Still they are fure to be i ' th ' right . ' Tis a dark - lantern of the Spirit , 505 Which none fee by but those that bear it ; A light that ...
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... saying , They their live engines ply'd , not staying Until they reach'd the fatal champain Which th ' enemy did then encamp on ; The dire Pharfalian plain , where battle Was to be wag'd ' twixt puissant cattle And fierce auxiliary men ...
... saying , They their live engines ply'd , not staying Until they reach'd the fatal champain Which th ' enemy did then encamp on ; The dire Pharfalian plain , where battle Was to be wag'd ' twixt puissant cattle And fierce auxiliary men ...
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... say ' tis easy . Why then let's know it , quoth Apollo : We'll beat a drum , and they ' ll all follow . 185 A drum ! ( quoth Phoebus ) Troth that ' s true , A pretty invention , quaint and new : But though of voice and inftrument We are ...
... say ' tis easy . Why then let's know it , quoth Apollo : We'll beat a drum , and they ' ll all follow . 185 A drum ! ( quoth Phoebus ) Troth that ' s true , A pretty invention , quaint and new : But though of voice and inftrument We are ...
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... diftance from God , fhould kneel before him , and stand ( as I may say ) cap in hand to the 66 3 " Almighty : Discover'd the Enemy's defign , And which way beft to 72 BUTLER'S POEM S. Have they invented tones to win ...
... diftance from God , fhould kneel before him , and stand ( as I may say ) cap in hand to the 66 3 " Almighty : Discover'd the Enemy's defign , And which way beft to 72 BUTLER'S POEM S. Have they invented tones to win ...
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... ( says he ) into a town . 66 upon the 29th of May , where my waggon was to " dine : there came up in a great rage feven or eight " of the troopers that were quartered there , and asked " " What I bushed out my horfes for ? " I told them ...
... ( says he ) into a town . 66 upon the 29th of May , where my waggon was to " dine : there came up in a great rage feven or eight " of the troopers that were quartered there , and asked " " What I bushed out my horfes for ? " I told them ...
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