The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... leave to judge , as well as kill ? Nay , let them write ; let them their forces join , And hope the motley piece may rival thine . Safely defpife their malice , and their toil , Which vulgar ears alone will reach , and will defile . Be ...
... leave to judge , as well as kill ? Nay , let them write ; let them their forces join , And hope the motley piece may rival thine . Safely defpife their malice , and their toil , Which vulgar ears alone will reach , and will defile . Be ...
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... leave to tatter'd * 125 130 135 140 of morning airgery of prayer . } cra Urim was civil , and not void of fenfe , Had humour , and a courteous confidence : So fpruce he moves , fo gracefully he cocks , The hallow'd rofe declares him ...
... leave to tatter'd * 125 130 135 140 of morning airgery of prayer . } cra Urim was civil , and not void of fenfe , Had humour , and a courteous confidence : So fpruce he moves , fo gracefully he cocks , The hallow'd rofe declares him ...
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... leaves to Jove the empire of the skies . But , as the flothful God to yawn begun , He fhook off the dull mift , and thus went on : ' Twas in this reverend dome I fought repose , Thefe walls were that asylum I had chofe . Here have I rul ...
... leaves to Jove the empire of the skies . But , as the flothful God to yawn begun , He fhook off the dull mift , and thus went on : ' Twas in this reverend dome I fought repose , Thefe walls were that asylum I had chofe . Here have I rul ...
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... leave at night . They gain with labour what they quit with eafe ; And health , for want of change , becomes disease . Religion's bright authority they dare , And yet are flaves to fuperftitious fear . They counfel others , but ...
... leave at night . They gain with labour what they quit with eafe ; And health , for want of change , becomes disease . Religion's bright authority they dare , And yet are flaves to fuperftitious fear . They counfel others , but ...
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... leave ? Ten harvests more would all I wish for give . True man ! reply'd the elf ; by choice difeas'd , Ever contriving pain , and never pleas'd . A prefent good they flight , an abfent choose ; And what they have , for what they have ...
... leave ? Ten harvests more would all I wish for give . True man ! reply'd the elf ; by choice difeas'd , Ever contriving pain , and never pleas'd . A prefent good they flight , an abfent choose ; And what they have , for what they have ...
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