The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... shine ; Our night have chang'd into a glorious day ; And reach'd perfection in your firft efsay . So the young eagle , that his force would try , Faces the fun , and towers it to the fky . Others proceed to art by flow degrees , Aukward ...
... shine ; Our night have chang'd into a glorious day ; And reach'd perfection in your firft efsay . So the young eagle , that his force would try , Faces the fun , and towers it to the fky . Others proceed to art by flow degrees , Aukward ...
Page 107
... shine , It wants but ftars , and then the work ' s divine . Of late , Fame only tells of yielding towns , Of captive generals , and protected crowns : Of purchas'd laurels , and of battles won , Lines forc'd , ftates vanquifh'd ...
... shine , It wants but ftars , and then the work ' s divine . Of late , Fame only tells of yielding towns , Of captive generals , and protected crowns : Of purchas'd laurels , and of battles won , Lines forc'd , ftates vanquifh'd ...
Page 111
... shine , Like other monarchs of the Stuart line . ON THE NEW CONSPIRACY . 1716 . WHERE , where , degenerate countrymen - how high Will your fond folly and your madness fly ? Are scenes of death , and fervile chains fo dear , To fue for ...
... shine , Like other monarchs of the Stuart line . ON THE NEW CONSPIRACY . 1716 . WHERE , where , degenerate countrymen - how high Will your fond folly and your madness fly ? Are scenes of death , and fervile chains fo dear , To fue for ...
Page 159
... shine , Than to withdraw , and fingle it from thine . Then think of this ; and pardon , when you ' fee , Those virtues you fo late admir'd in me . CON CONTENTS OF GARTH'S POEMS . THE DISPENSARY . Canto I. TO DR . GARTH . 159.
... shine , Than to withdraw , and fingle it from thine . Then think of this ; and pardon , when you ' fee , Those virtues you fo late admir'd in me . CON CONTENTS OF GARTH'S POEMS . THE DISPENSARY . Canto I. TO DR . GARTH . 159.
Page 255
... shine , Fit to be mother to a race divine . No age in matrons , no decay appears ; By prudence only there you guefs at years . Sometimes you'll see these Beauties seek the shade By lofty trees in royal gardens made ; Or at St. James's ...
... shine , Fit to be mother to a race divine . No age in matrons , no decay appears ; By prudence only there you guefs at years . Sometimes you'll see these Beauties seek the shade By lofty trees in royal gardens made ; Or at St. James's ...
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