The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... once unmask our mystery , Each nurse , ere long , would be as learn'd as we ; Our art expos'd to every vulgar eye ; And none , in complaifance to us , would die . What if we claim their right t ' affaffinate , Muft they needs turn ...
... once unmask our mystery , Each nurse , ere long , would be as learn'd as we ; Our art expos'd to every vulgar eye ; And none , in complaifance to us , would die . What if we claim their right t ' affaffinate , Muft they needs turn ...
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... once monarch of the east ; Then from the compter he takes down the file , And with prefcriptions lights the folemn pile . 4 Feebly the flames on clumfy wings afpire , And fmothering fogs of smoke benight the fire . With forrow he beheld ...
... once monarch of the east ; Then from the compter he takes down the file , And with prefcriptions lights the folemn pile . 4 Feebly the flames on clumfy wings afpire , And fmothering fogs of smoke benight the fire . With forrow he beheld ...
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... once discover'd , lofe effect . Ver . 182 . VARIATIONS . But now late jars our practices detect , For nines , when once difcover'd , lofe th ' effect . Diffentions , like finall ftreams , are first begun , Scarce feen they rife , but ...
... once discover'd , lofe effect . Ver . 182 . VARIATIONS . But now late jars our practices detect , For nines , when once difcover'd , lofe th ' effect . Diffentions , like finall ftreams , are first begun , Scarce feen they rife , but ...
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... once invaded , honour bids us fight . But ere we once engage in honour's caufe , First know what honour is , and whence it was . 265 Scorn'd by the base , ' tis courted by the brave , The hero's tyrant , and the coward's flave : The ...
... once invaded , honour bids us fight . But ere we once engage in honour's caufe , First know what honour is , and whence it was . 265 Scorn'd by the base , ' tis courted by the brave , The hero's tyrant , and the coward's flave : The ...
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... once rehearse The diffonance of fuch untuneful verfe ; But in your lines let energy be found , And learn to rife in fenfe , and fink in found . Harth words , though pertinent , uncouth appear ; None please the fancy , who offend the car ...
... once rehearse The diffonance of fuch untuneful verfe ; But in your lines let energy be found , And learn to rife in fenfe , and fink in found . Harth words , though pertinent , uncouth appear ; None please the fancy , who offend the car ...
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