The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... use , Who fear'd no blows but fuch as bruife . His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the fiege of Bullen ; To old King Harry fo well known , Some writers held they were his own : 310 Through Through they were lin❜d with ...
... use , Who fear'd no blows but fuch as bruife . His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the fiege of Bullen ; To old King Harry fo well known , Some writers held they were his own : 310 Through Through they were lin❜d with ...
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... use , Who fear'd no blows but fuch as bruife . His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the fiege of Bullen ; To old King Harry fo well known , Some writers held they were his own : 310 Through Through they were lin'd ...
... use , Who fear'd no blows but fuch as bruife . His breeches were of rugged woollen , And had been at the fiege of Bullen ; To old King Harry fo well known , Some writers held they were his own : 310 Through Through they were lin'd ...
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... use to make the stars depofe , Like Knights o ' th ' Poft , and falfely charge Upon themselves what others forge ; As if they were confenting to 585 All mischiefs in the world men do : Or , like the devil , did tempt and fway ' em To ...
... use to make the stars depofe , Like Knights o ' th ' Poft , and falfely charge Upon themselves what others forge ; As if they were confenting to 585 All mischiefs in the world men do : Or , like the devil , did tempt and fway ' em To ...
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... use , Invoke th ' affiftance of fome Mufe ; However critics count it fillier Than jugglers talking to familiar ; We think ' tis no great matter which , They're all alike , yet we shall pitch On one that fits our purpose most , Whom ...
... use , Invoke th ' affiftance of fome Mufe ; However critics count it fillier Than jugglers talking to familiar ; We think ' tis no great matter which , They're all alike , yet we shall pitch On one that fits our purpose most , Whom ...
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... use of it . " I had no fooner spoke " these words , but they fell upon me like thunder , " ftript my cattle in a twinkling , and beat me black " and blue with my own oak - branches . " For then I'll take another course , And foon reduce ...
... use of it . " I had no fooner spoke " these words , but they fell upon me like thunder , " ftript my cattle in a twinkling , and beat me black " and blue with my own oak - branches . " For then I'll take another course , And foon reduce ...
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