The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... give himfelf the trouble of examining , will find I have copied him in nothing but in two or three lines in the complaint of Moleffe , Canto II . and in one in his firft Canto ; the fense of which line is entirely his , and I could wish ...
... give himfelf the trouble of examining , will find I have copied him in nothing but in two or three lines in the complaint of Moleffe , Canto II . and in one in his firft Canto ; the fense of which line is entirely his , and I could wish ...
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... give nobody offence . The defcription of the battle is grounded upon a feud that happened in the Difpenfary , betwixt a member of the College with his retinue , and fome of the fervants that attended there to ' difpenfe the medicines ...
... give nobody offence . The defcription of the battle is grounded upon a feud that happened in the Difpenfary , betwixt a member of the College with his retinue , and fome of the fervants that attended there to ' difpenfe the medicines ...
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... give me joy . The nymph has Grafton's , Cecil's , Churchill's charms , If with refiftlefs fires my foul the warms , With balm upon her lips , and raptures in her arms . Such is thy genius , and fuch art is thine , Some fecret magic ...
... give me joy . The nymph has Grafton's , Cecil's , Churchill's charms , If with refiftlefs fires my foul the warms , With balm upon her lips , and raptures in her arms . Such is thy genius , and fuch art is thine , Some fecret magic ...
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... give the world repose . That ease I offer with contempt he flies , His couch a trench , his canopy the skies . Nor climes nor feasons his refolves control , Th ' equator has no heat , no ice the pole . With arms refistless o'er the ...
... give the world repose . That ease I offer with contempt he flies , His couch a trench , his canopy the skies . Nor climes nor feasons his refolves control , Th ' equator has no heat , no ice the pole . With arms refistless o'er the ...
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... Gives and refumes , and fimiles and frowns by fits . In this ftill labyrinth , around her lie Spells , philters , globes ... give , fo mighty is my power , Faith to the Jew , complexion to the Moor . I am the wretch's wifh , the rook's ...
... Gives and refumes , and fimiles and frowns by fits . In this ftill labyrinth , around her lie Spells , philters , globes ... give , fo mighty is my power , Faith to the Jew , complexion to the Moor . I am the wretch's wifh , the rook's ...
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