The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... once Refplendent came , with stretcht retinue girt , And pompous pageantry ; O hapless fate , If any arm , but Churchill's , had prevail'd ! No need fuch boasts , or exprobrations false Of cowardice ; the military mound The British ...
... once Refplendent came , with stretcht retinue girt , And pompous pageantry ; O hapless fate , If any arm , but Churchill's , had prevail'd ! No need fuch boasts , or exprobrations false Of cowardice ; the military mound The British ...
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... once ; the hairy scalps Are whirl'd aloof , while numerous trunks beftrew Th ' enfanguin'd field : with latent mifchief ftor'd Showers of granadoes rain , by sudden burst Difploding murderous bowels , fragments of steel , And ftones ...
... once ; the hairy scalps Are whirl'd aloof , while numerous trunks beftrew Th ' enfanguin'd field : with latent mifchief ftor'd Showers of granadoes rain , by sudden burst Difploding murderous bowels , fragments of steel , And ftones ...
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... once the crew Into the river whirls ; th ' unweeting prey Entwisted roars , th ' affrighted flood rebounds . Nor did the British fquadrons now furcease To gall their foes o'erwhelm'd ; full many felt In the moist element a fcorching ...
... once the crew Into the river whirls ; th ' unweeting prey Entwisted roars , th ' affrighted flood rebounds . Nor did the British fquadrons now furcease To gall their foes o'erwhelm'd ; full many felt In the moist element a fcorching ...
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... once Pergamean Xanthus boil'd , Inflam'd by Vulcan , when the fwift - footed fon Of Peleus to his baleful banks purfued The ftraggling Trojans : nor lefs eager drove Victorious Churchill his defponding foes Into the deep immense , that ...
... once Pergamean Xanthus boil'd , Inflam'd by Vulcan , when the fwift - footed fon Of Peleus to his baleful banks purfued The ftraggling Trojans : nor lefs eager drove Victorious Churchill his defponding foes Into the deep immense , that ...
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... Once in this world , nor now by fate disjoin'd , Had thy prefiding star propitious shone , Should'ft Churchill be ! but Heaven fevere cut short Their springing years , nor would this ifle fhould boast Gifts fo important ! them the ...
... Once in this world , nor now by fate disjoin'd , Had thy prefiding star propitious shone , Should'ft Churchill be ! but Heaven fevere cut short Their springing years , nor would this ifle fhould boast Gifts fo important ! them the ...
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Page 5 - Disastrous acts forebode. In his right hand Long scrolls of paper solemnly he waves, With characters and figures dire inscrib'd, Grievous to mortal eyes.
Page 6 - The wasp insidious, and the buzzing drone, And butterfly proud of expanded wings Distinct with gold, entangled in her snares...
Page 4 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
Page 7 - An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Page 63 - Hinds to exercise the pointed Steel On the hard Rock, and give a wheely Form To the expected Grinder: Now prepare Materials for thy Mill, a sturdy Post Cylindric, to support the Grinder's Weight Excessive, and a flexile Sallow' entrench'd, Rounding, capacious of the juicy Hord.
Page 53 - Sylvan fhades, and filent groves, "(Haunt (Haunt of the Druids) whence the earth is fed With copious fuel ; whence the fturdy oak, A prince's refuge once, th...
Page 289 - By great example to wise actions led : Much to the fame her lineal heroes bore She owes, but to her own high genius more; And, by a noble emulation mov'd, Excell'd their virtues, and her own improv'd ; Till they arriv'd to that celestial height, Scarce angels greater be, or saints so bright.
Page 72 - s emblazon'd by the rosy dawn, Domestic cares awake them ; brisk they rise, Refresh'd, and lively with the joys that flow From amicable talk, and moderate cups Sweetly interchang'd.
Page 214 - Near some obliging, modest fair to live : For there's that sweetness in a female mind Which in a man's we cannot hope to find...
Page 51 - Traverse th' extremest world ? why tempt the rage Of the rough ocean ? when our native glebe Imparts, from bounteous womb, annual recruits Of wine delectable, that far surmounts Gallic, or Latin grapes, or those that see The setting sun near Calpe's towering height. Nor let the Rbodian, nor the Lesbian vines Vaunt their rich Must, nor let Tokay contend For sovereignty ; Phanaeus