The Works of the English Poets, Volume 39J. Nichols, 1779 - 736 pages |
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... fince feated in one fingle breast ! ' Tis you who muft this land fubdue , The mighty conqueft's left for you , The conqueft and difcovery too ; Search out this Utopian ground , Virtue's Terra Incognita , Where none ever led the way ...
... fince feated in one fingle breast ! ' Tis you who muft this land fubdue , The mighty conqueft's left for you , The conqueft and difcovery too ; Search out this Utopian ground , Virtue's Terra Incognita , Where none ever led the way ...
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... fince the dy'd . Confine her walks to colleges and fchools ; Her priests , her train , and followers show As if they all were spectres too ! They purchase knowledge at th ' expence Of common breeding , common fenfe , And grow at once ...
... fince the dy'd . Confine her walks to colleges and fchools ; Her priests , her train , and followers show As if they all were spectres too ! They purchase knowledge at th ' expence Of common breeding , common fenfe , And grow at once ...
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... fince has feiz'd on all the rest ) That knowledge forfeits all humanity ; Taught us , like Spaniards , to be proud and poor , And fling our fcraps before our door ! Thrice happy you have ' fcap'd this general peft ; Those mighty ...
... fince has feiz'd on all the rest ) That knowledge forfeits all humanity ; Taught us , like Spaniards , to be proud and poor , And fling our fcraps before our door ! Thrice happy you have ' fcap'd this general peft ; Those mighty ...
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... fince too oft ' debauch'd by praise , ' Tis now grown an incurable difease : In vain to quench this foolish fire I try In wisdom and philosophy ; In vain all wholesome herbs I fow , Where nought but weeds will grow . Whate'er I plant ...
... fince too oft ' debauch'd by praise , ' Tis now grown an incurable difease : In vain to quench this foolish fire I try In wisdom and philosophy ; In vain all wholesome herbs I fow , Where nought but weeds will grow . Whate'er I plant ...
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... fince the fall ! More oft ' in fools and madmens hands than fages , She feems a medley of all ages , With a huge fardingale to fwell her fustian stuff , A new commode , a top - knot , and a ruff , Her face patch'd o'er with modern ...
... fince the fall ! More oft ' in fools and madmens hands than fages , She feems a medley of all ages , With a huge fardingale to fwell her fustian stuff , A new commode , a top - knot , and a ruff , Her face patch'd o'er with modern ...
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