The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... o'er as fwaddle ; Mighty he was at both of thefe , And styl'd of War , as well as Peace ( So fome rats , of amphibious nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our Authors make a doubt Whether he were more wife or ftout ...
... o'er as fwaddle ; Mighty he was at both of thefe , And styl'd of War , as well as Peace ( So fome rats , of amphibious nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our Authors make a doubt Whether he were more wife or ftout ...
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... 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 kind Of minstrelsy by string or wind . His grifly beard was long ...
... 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 kind Of minstrelsy by string or wind . His grifly beard was long ...
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... o'er the men of ftring ( As once in Perfia , ' tis said , Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd ) . He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , 140 And wounded fore : his leg then broke , Had got a ...
... o'er the men of ftring ( As once in Perfia , ' tis said , Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd ) . He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , 140 And wounded fore : his leg then broke , Had got a ...
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... o'er which they straddle , And every man ate up his faddle ; He was not half so nice as they , But ate it raw when ' t came in ' s way . 280 He ' ad trac'd the countries far and near , More than Le Blanc the traveller , Who writes , he ...
... o'er which they straddle , And every man ate up his faddle ; He was not half so nice as they , But ate it raw when ' t came in ' s way . 280 He ' ad trac'd the countries far and near , More than Le Blanc the traveller , Who writes , he ...
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... o'er his brazen arms he held ; But brafs was feeble to refift The fury of his armed fift ; 325 1 330 335 340 Nor Ver . 331. ] Simeon Wait a tinker , as famous an In- dependent preacher as Burroughs ; who , with equal blafphemy to his ...
... o'er his brazen arms he held ; But brafs was feeble to refift The fury of his armed fift ; 325 1 330 335 340 Nor Ver . 331. ] Simeon Wait a tinker , as famous an In- dependent preacher as Burroughs ; who , with equal blafphemy to his ...
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