The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 20-22Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... to their fubjects owe , Is here inverted , and this owes to you : great , You found it little , but have made it They could defcribe , but you alone create . C Now Now let your Muse rife with expanded wings , To [ 17 ] The Triumph of Peace.
... to their fubjects owe , Is here inverted , and this owes to you : great , You found it little , but have made it They could defcribe , but you alone create . C Now Now let your Muse rife with expanded wings , To [ 17 ] The Triumph of Peace.
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... wings , To fing the fate of einpires and of kings ; Great William's victories the ' ll next rehearse , And raise a trophy of immortal verse : Thus to your aft proportion the design , And mighty things with mighty numbers join , A fecond ...
... wings , To fing the fate of einpires and of kings ; Great William's victories the ' ll next rehearse , And raise a trophy of immortal verse : Thus to your aft proportion the design , And mighty things with mighty numbers join , A fecond ...
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... wings display , And there , like setting stars , the Decii lay ; This does Camillus as a God extol , 45 That points at Manlius in the capitol ; How Cocles did the Tiber's furges brave , How Curtius plung'd into the gaping grave . Great ...
... wings display , And there , like setting stars , the Decii lay ; This does Camillus as a God extol , 45 That points at Manlius in the capitol ; How Cocles did the Tiber's furges brave , How Curtius plung'd into the gaping grave . Great ...
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... wings . Great Ormond fhines illuftrioufly 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 ...
... wings . Great Ormond fhines illuftrioufly 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 ...
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... wings afpire , And fmothering fogs of smoke benight the fire . With forrow he beheld the fad portent , Then to the hag thefe orifons he fent : Difeafe ! thou ever moft propitious power , Whofe kind indulgence we difcern each hour ! Thou ...
... wings afpire , And fmothering fogs of smoke benight the fire . With forrow he beheld the fad portent , Then to the hag thefe orifons he fent : Difeafe ! thou ever moft propitious power , Whofe kind indulgence we difcern each hour ! Thou ...
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