The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... bright With blazes of hereditary right . The noble ardour of a royal fire Infpires the generous breast of Devonshire . And Macclesfield is active to defend His country with the zeal he loves his friend . Like Leda's radiant fons ...
... bright With blazes of hereditary right . The noble ardour of a royal fire Infpires the generous breast of Devonshire . And Macclesfield is active to defend His country with the zeal he loves his friend . Like Leda's radiant fons ...
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... bright authority they dare , And yet are flaves to fuperftitious fear . They counfel others , but themfelves deceive ; 25 30 39 And though they ' re cozen'd ftill , they ftill believe . 40 So falfe their cenfure , fickle their esteem ...
... bright authority they dare , And yet are flaves to fuperftitious fear . They counfel others , but themfelves deceive ; 25 30 39 And though they ' re cozen'd ftill , they ftill believe . 40 So falfe their cenfure , fickle their esteem ...
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... bright shield was cast , And yet the work the metal far surpass'd . A foliage of the vulnerary leaves , 105 } II 115 120 Grav'd round the brim , the wondering fight deceives . Around the centre Fate's bright trophies lay , Probes , faws ...
... bright shield was cast , And yet the work the metal far surpass'd . A foliage of the vulnerary leaves , 105 } II 115 120 Grav'd round the brim , the wondering fight deceives . Around the centre Fate's bright trophies lay , Probes , faws ...
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... bright Querpo fhone , Himself an Atlas , and his fhield a moon . A peftle for his truncheon led the van , And his high helmet was a close - ftool pan . His creft an Ibis , brandishing her beak , And winding in loofe folds her fpiral ...
... bright Querpo fhone , Himself an Atlas , and his fhield a moon . A peftle for his truncheon led the van , And his high helmet was a close - ftool pan . His creft an Ibis , brandishing her beak , And winding in loofe folds her fpiral ...
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... bright , More foft than air , more gay than morning - light . A charm she takes from each excelling fair , And borrow's Carlifle's shape , and Grafton's air . Her eyes like Ranelagh's their beams difpenfe , With Churchill's bloom , and ...
... bright , More foft than air , more gay than morning - light . A charm she takes from each excelling fair , And borrow's Carlifle's shape , and Grafton's air . Her eyes like Ranelagh's their beams difpenfe , With Churchill's bloom , and ...
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