The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... vile fcribblers fhall appear On none , except upon themfelves , severe : While yours contemns the gall of vulgar spite ; And when you seem to smile the most , you bite . THO . CHEEK . ΤΟ ΤΟ M Y FRIEND , UPON THE DISPENSARY . S [ 16 ]
... vile fcribblers fhall appear On none , except upon themfelves , severe : While yours contemns the gall of vulgar spite ; And when you seem to smile the most , you bite . THO . CHEEK . ΤΟ ΤΟ M Y FRIEND , UPON THE DISPENSARY . S [ 16 ]
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... Seems , to the distant fight , a gilded pill : This pile was , by the pious patron's aim , Rais'd for a ufe as noble as its frame ; Nor did the learn'd fociety decline The propagation of that great defign ; In all her mazes , Nature's ...
... Seems , to the distant fight , a gilded pill : This pile was , by the pious patron's aim , Rais'd for a ufe as noble as its frame ; Nor did the learn'd fociety decline The propagation of that great defign ; In all her mazes , Nature's ...
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... seem'd , too short the chace : Fer , though poffeffion be th ' undoubted view , To feize is far lefs pleasure than pursue . 220 225 Thofe nymphs , that yield too foon , their charms impair , And prove at laft but defpicably fair . His ...
... seem'd , too short the chace : Fer , though poffeffion be th ' undoubted view , To feize is far lefs pleasure than pursue . 220 225 Thofe nymphs , that yield too foon , their charms impair , And prove at laft but defpicably fair . His ...
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... Seems bending with a load of bearded grain . " Sometimes a dreffer of the vine he feigns , And lawless tendrils to their bounds reftrains . Sometimes his fword a foldier fhews ; his rod , An angler ; ftill fo various is the God . Now ...
... Seems bending with a load of bearded grain . " Sometimes a dreffer of the vine he feigns , And lawless tendrils to their bounds reftrains . Sometimes his fword a foldier fhews ; his rod , An angler ; ftill fo various is the God . Now ...
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... seem small , yet create unpardonable errors . The number of the verfe turns upon the harfhness of a fyllable ; and the laying a stress upon improper words will make the most correct piece ridiculous . Falfe concord , tenfes , and ...
... seem small , yet create unpardonable errors . The number of the verfe turns upon the harfhness of a fyllable ; and the laying a stress upon improper words will make the most correct piece ridiculous . Falfe concord , tenfes , and ...
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