The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... straight Dispatch a friend , let others wait . His warped ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but foufe to chitterlings : 120 For guts , fome write , ere they are fodden , Are fit for music or for pudden ; From whence men borrow every ...
... straight Dispatch a friend , let others wait . His warped ear hung o'er the strings , Which was but foufe to chitterlings : 120 For guts , fome write , ere they are fodden , Are fit for music or for pudden ; From whence men borrow every ...
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... straight grew A difmal combat ' twixt them two ; Ver . 825. ] But now fierce Colon ' gan draw on , To aid the distress'd champion . In the two first editions of 1663 . 820 825 Th ' one Ver . 828. ] A fierce dispute . 1674 to 1704 ...
... straight grew A difmal combat ' twixt them two ; Ver . 825. ] But now fierce Colon ' gan draw on , To aid the distress'd champion . In the two first editions of 1663 . 820 825 Th ' one Ver . 828. ] A fierce dispute . 1674 to 1704 ...
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... straight refent The wrong done to his fundament , Began to kick , and fling , and wince , As if he ' ad been befide his sense , Striving to difengage from thistle , That gall'd him forely under his tail ; Instead of which , he threw the ...
... straight refent The wrong done to his fundament , Began to kick , and fling , and wince , As if he ' ad been befide his sense , Striving to difengage from thistle , That gall'd him forely under his tail ; Instead of which , he threw the ...
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... Straight drew it up , t ' attack the Knight ; For getting up on stump and huckle , 925 He with the foe began to buckle , Vowing to be reveng'd , for breach Of Crowd and skin , upon the wretch , Sole author of all detriment He and his ...
... Straight drew it up , t ' attack the Knight ; For getting up on stump and huckle , 925 He with the foe began to buckle , Vowing to be reveng'd , for breach Of Crowd and skin , upon the wretch , Sole author of all detriment He and his ...
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... straight , Or elfe our aid will come too late ; Quarter he fcorns , he is fo ftout , 120 And therefore cannot long hold out . This faid , they wav'd their weapons round 125 About their heads to clear the ground , And , joining forces ...
... straight , Or elfe our aid will come too late ; Quarter he fcorns , he is fo ftout , 120 And therefore cannot long hold out . This faid , they wav'd their weapons round 125 About their heads to clear the ground , And , joining forces ...
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