The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... breaks off in the middle * , WHEN civil dudgeon firft grew high , And men fell out they knew not why ; When A ridicule on Ronfarde and Davenant . Ver . 1. ] To take in dudgeon , is inwardly to refent fome injury or affront , and what is ...
... breaks off in the middle * , WHEN civil dudgeon firft grew high , And men fell out they knew not why ; When A ridicule on Ronfarde and Davenant . Ver . 1. ] To take in dudgeon , is inwardly to refent fome injury or affront , and what is ...
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... break off I ' th ' middle of his fpeech , or cough , H ' had hard words ready to fhew why , And tell what rules he did it by ; Elfe when with greatest art he spoke , You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; 75 80 85 For Ver . 75. ] Such ...
... break off I ' th ' middle of his fpeech , or cough , H ' had hard words ready to fhew why , And tell what rules he did it by ; Elfe when with greatest art he spoke , You'd think he talk'd like other folk ; 75 80 85 For Ver . 75. ] Such ...
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... breaking loofe ? No ale unlicens'd , broken hedge , 715 For which thou statute might'ft alledge , To keep thee bufy from foul evil , And fhame due to thee from the Devil ? Did no Committee fit , where he Might cut out journey - work for ...
... breaking loofe ? No ale unlicens'd , broken hedge , 715 For which thou statute might'ft alledge , To keep thee bufy from foul evil , And fhame due to thee from the Devil ? Did no Committee fit , where he Might cut out journey - work for ...
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... breaks loofe , and the fpectators run : fo that the Knight's fall is the primary caufe of this rout , and he might justly , as he after- wards did , afcribe the honour of the victory to him- felf . The Bear , upon whose soft fur - gown ...
... breaks loofe , and the fpectators run : fo that the Knight's fall is the primary caufe of this rout , and he might justly , as he after- wards did , afcribe the honour of the victory to him- felf . The Bear , upon whose soft fur - gown ...
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... break a Fiddle , and your word ? For though I fought and overcame , And quarter gave , ' twas in your name : For great commanders always own What ' s profperous by the foldier done . To fave , where you have power to kill , Argues your ...
... break a Fiddle , and your word ? For though I fought and overcame , And quarter gave , ' twas in your name : For great commanders always own What ' s profperous by the foldier done . To fave , where you have power to kill , Argues your ...
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