The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Some fecret magic works in every line ; We judge not , but we feel the power divine . Where all is juft , is beauteous , and is fair , Diftinctions vanifh of peculiar air . Loft in our pleasure , we enjoy in you Lucretius , Horace ...
... Some fecret magic works in every line ; We judge not , but we feel the power divine . Where all is juft , is beauteous , and is fair , Diftinctions vanifh of peculiar air . Loft in our pleasure , we enjoy in you Lucretius , Horace ...
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... Some temper lute , fome fpacious veffels move ; These furnaces erect , and those approve ; Here phials in nice difcipline are fet , There gallipots are rang'd in alphabet . In this place , magazines of pills you spy ; In that , like ...
... Some temper lute , fome fpacious veffels move ; These furnaces erect , and those approve ; Here phials in nice difcipline are fet , There gallipots are rang'd in alphabet . In this place , magazines of pills you spy ; In that , like ...
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... Some reverend worthies of the gown can own : Triumphant plenty , with a cheerful grace , Basks in their eyes , and fparkles in their face . How fleek their looks , how goodly is their mien , When big thy ftrut behind a double chin ...
... Some reverend worthies of the gown can own : Triumphant plenty , with a cheerful grace , Basks in their eyes , and fparkles in their face . How fleek their looks , how goodly is their mien , When big thy ftrut behind a double chin ...
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... some cloifter's refuge I implore , Where holy drones o'er dying tapers fnore , Still Naifau's arms a foft repose deny , Keep me awake , and follow where I fly . I 160 165 179 % The : Since The peals of Naffau's arms thefe eyes unclose ...
... some cloifter's refuge I implore , Where holy drones o'er dying tapers fnore , Still Naifau's arms a foft repose deny , Keep me awake , and follow where I fly . I 160 165 179 % The : Since The peals of Naffau's arms thefe eyes unclose ...
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... Some , by what means they may redrefs their wrong , When fathers the poffeffion keep too long . And fome would know the iffue of their caufe , And whether gold can folder up its flaws . Poor pregnant Lais his advice would have , To lose ...
... Some , by what means they may redrefs their wrong , When fathers the poffeffion keep too long . And fome would know the iffue of their caufe , And whether gold can folder up its flaws . Poor pregnant Lais his advice would have , To lose ...
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