The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... gods enrolls ; And , as the rent - records in pieces fell , 20 25 30 35 Each scrap did fome immortal action tell ... God extol , 45 That points at Manlius in the capitol ; How Cocles did the Tiber's furges brave , How Curtius plung'd ...
... gods enrolls ; And , as the rent - records in pieces fell , 20 25 30 35 Each scrap did fome immortal action tell ... God extol , 45 That points at Manlius in the capitol ; How Cocles did the Tiber's furges brave , How Curtius plung'd ...
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... gods our enterprize approve . Suppofe th ' unthinking Faculty unveil What we , through wifer conduct , would conceal : Is ' t reason we should quarrel with the glass That fhews the monftrous features of our face ? Or grant fome grave ...
... gods our enterprize approve . Suppofe th ' unthinking Faculty unveil What we , through wifer conduct , would conceal : Is ' t reason we should quarrel with the glass That fhews the monftrous features of our face ? Or grant fome grave ...
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... gods their thirsty urns fupply . The wondering fage pursues his airy fight , And braves the chill unwholesome damps of nigl.t : He views the tracts where luminaries rove , To fettle feafons here , and fates above ; The bleak Arcturus ...
... gods their thirsty urns fupply . The wondering fage pursues his airy fight , And braves the chill unwholesome damps of nigl.t : He views the tracts where luminaries rove , To fettle feafons here , and fates above ; The bleak Arcturus ...
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... Gods themselves engage , a Diomed With eafe could show a deity can bleed . 160 But war's rough trade should be by fools profeft , The trueft rubbish fills a trench the best . Let quinfies throttle , and the quartan shake , Or dropfies ...
... Gods themselves engage , a Diomed With eafe could show a deity can bleed . 160 But war's rough trade should be by fools profeft , The trueft rubbish fills a trench the best . Let quinfies throttle , and the quartan shake , Or dropfies ...
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... abodes , 15 Where Harvey fits among the demi - gods . Confult that facred fage , he ' ll foon disclose The method that must mollify thefe woes . Let Let Celfus for that enterprize prepare , His conduct to [ 77 ] Sonnet To a Painter.
... abodes , 15 Where Harvey fits among the demi - gods . Confult that facred fage , he ' ll foon disclose The method that must mollify thefe woes . Let Let Celfus for that enterprize prepare , His conduct to [ 77 ] Sonnet To a Painter.
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