The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... hold the one , and fome the other , But , howfoe'er they make a pother , 15 20 25 30 The peregrinations are fo confiftent with his office and hu- mour , that they are no longer to be called fabulous or improbable . The fucceeding Cantos ...
... hold the one , and fome the other , But , howfoe'er they make a pother , 15 20 25 30 The peregrinations are fo confiftent with his office and hu- mour , that they are no longer to be called fabulous or improbable . The fucceeding Cantos ...
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... hold broth , And ferve for fight and dinner both ; In it he melted lead for bullets 355 To fhoot at foes , and fometimes pullets , To whom he bore fo fell a grutch , He ne'er gave quarter to any fuch . The trenchant blade , Toledo ...
... hold broth , And ferve for fight and dinner both ; In it he melted lead for bullets 355 To fhoot at foes , and fometimes pullets , To whom he bore fo fell a grutch , He ne'er gave quarter to any fuch . The trenchant blade , Toledo ...
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... hold broth , And ferve for fight and dinner both ; In it he melted lead for bullets 355 To shoot at foes , and fometimes pullets , To whom he bore fo fell a grutch , He ne'er gave quarter to any fuch . The trenchant blade , Toledo ...
... hold broth , And ferve for fight and dinner both ; In it he melted lead for bullets 355 To shoot at foes , and fometimes pullets , To whom he bore fo fell a grutch , He ne'er gave quarter to any fuch . The trenchant blade , Toledo ...
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... hold on tail and mane , Which oft he us'd inftead of rein . But now we talk of mounting fteed , Before we further do proceed , It doth behove us to fay fomething Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and ...
... hold on tail and mane , Which oft he us'd inftead of rein . But now we talk of mounting fteed , Before we further do proceed , It doth behove us to fay fomething Of that which bore our valiant bumkin . The beast was sturdy , large , and ...
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... hold , are animals ; 55 So horfes they affirm to be Mere engines made by Geometry , And were invented firft from engines , As Indian Britains were from Penguins . So let them be , and , as I was saying , They their live engines ply'd ...
... hold , are animals ; 55 So horfes they affirm to be Mere engines made by Geometry , And were invented firft from engines , As Indian Britains were from Penguins . So let them be , and , as I was saying , They their live engines ply'd ...
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