The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... laid Right Worshipful on shoulder - blade ; Chief of domeftic knights and errant , Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench , great in the fadale , That could as well bind o'er as fwaddle ; Mighty he was at both of thefe ...
... laid Right Worshipful on shoulder - blade ; Chief of domeftic knights and errant , Either for chartel or for warrant ; Great on the bench , great in the fadale , That could as well bind o'er as fwaddle ; Mighty he was at both of thefe ...
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... laid in , by birth a tailor . The mighty Tyrian queen , that gain'd With fubtle fhreds a tract of land , Did leave it with a caftle fair To his great ancestor , her heir , 470 From him defcended cross - legg'd knights , Fam'd for their ...
... laid in , by birth a tailor . The mighty Tyrian queen , that gain'd With fubtle fhreds a tract of land , Did leave it with a caftle fair To his great ancestor , her heir , 470 From him defcended cross - legg'd knights , Fam'd for their ...
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... lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth ; But , as he got it freely , fo 485 499 He spent it frank and freely too : For faints themselves will fometimes be , 495 . Of gifts that coft them nothing , free . By means of this , with hem ...
... lay forth No more upon it than ' twas worth ; But , as he got it freely , fo 485 499 He spent it frank and freely too : For faints themselves will fometimes be , 495 . Of gifts that coft them nothing , free . By means of this , with hem ...
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... lay`ft Be true ad amufim , as thou fay'st ; ( For that Bear - baiting should appear Jure divino lawfuller Than Synods are , thou doft deny Totidem verbis , fo do I ) Yet there's a fallacy in this ; For if by fly homœofis , 815 120 825 ...
... lay`ft Be true ad amufim , as thou fay'st ; ( For that Bear - baiting should appear Jure divino lawfuller Than Synods are , thou doft deny Totidem verbis , fo do I ) Yet there's a fallacy in this ; For if by fly homœofis , 815 120 825 ...
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... laid about in fight more bufily 375 Than th ' Amazonian Dame Penthefile . And though fome critics here cry shame ... lay their native arms afide , Their modefty , 62 BUTLER'S POEMS .
... laid about in fight more bufily 375 Than th ' Amazonian Dame Penthefile . And though fome critics here cry shame ... lay their native arms afide , Their modefty , 62 BUTLER'S POEMS .
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