The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... against the hate , And vengeance of th ' incenfed ftate , In whose defiance it was worn , Still ready to be pull'd and torn , With red - hot irons to be tortur'd , Revil'd , and spit upon , and martyr'd ; Maugre all which ' twas to ...
... against the hate , And vengeance of th ' incenfed ftate , In whose defiance it was worn , Still ready to be pull'd and torn , With red - hot irons to be tortur'd , Revil'd , and spit upon , and martyr'd ; Maugre all which ' twas to ...
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... against the hate And vengeance of th ' incenfed ftate , In whofe defiance it was worn , Still ready to be pull'd and torn , With red - hot irons to be tortur'd , Revil'd , and spit upon , and martyr'd ; Maugre all which ' twas to ftand ...
... against the hate And vengeance of th ' incenfed ftate , In whofe defiance it was worn , Still ready to be pull'd and torn , With red - hot irons to be tortur'd , Revil'd , and spit upon , and martyr'd ; Maugre all which ' twas to ftand ...
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... Against the bloody Cannibal ,, Whom they destroy'd both great and small . This sturdy Squire he had , as well 475 As the bold Trojan knight , feen hell , Not with a counterfeited pass Of golden bough , but true gold - lace : His Ver ...
... Against the bloody Cannibal ,, Whom they destroy'd both great and small . This sturdy Squire he had , as well 475 As the bold Trojan knight , feen hell , Not with a counterfeited pass Of golden bough , but true gold - lace : His Ver ...
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... " one of the malignant party about the King , the " other party Parliament and profeffors ; and the bet- " ter fide fhould have help from Heaven against the worst ; As death of great men , alterations , 575 Diseases 38 BUTLER'S POEMS .
... " one of the malignant party about the King , the " other party Parliament and profeffors ; and the bet- " ter fide fhould have help from Heaven against the worst ; As death of great men , alterations , 575 Diseases 38 BUTLER'S POEMS .
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... against Hull ; " against which fort Sir John Hotham , Keeper of " Hull , by a garrifon , difcharged four great ordnance , " and broke down their sconce , and killed divers Ca- " valiers in it . - Lord , I praife thee for difcovering ...
... against Hull ; " against which fort Sir John Hotham , Keeper of " Hull , by a garrifon , difcharged four great ordnance , " and broke down their sconce , and killed divers Ca- " valiers in it . - Lord , I praife thee for difcovering ...
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