The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements ... To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, Volume 2R. Baldwin, 1802 |
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... once the British lion heard to roar . Whence is it that the proud Iberian thus , In their own well - asserted element , Dares rouse to wrath the masters of the main ? Who told him , that the big incumbent war Would not , ere this , have ...
... once the British lion heard to roar . Whence is it that the proud Iberian thus , In their own well - asserted element , Dares rouse to wrath the masters of the main ? Who told him , that the big incumbent war Would not , ere this , have ...
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... once their welfare and their duty know . This is your glory ; this your wisdom ; this The native power for which you were design'd By Fate , when Fate design'd the firmest state , That e'er was seated on the subject sea ; A state alone ...
... once their welfare and their duty know . This is your glory ; this your wisdom ; this The native power for which you were design'd By Fate , when Fate design'd the firmest state , That e'er was seated on the subject sea ; A state alone ...
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... once finest and most ornamented part of Italy , all along the Coast of Baia , how changed ; to ver . 321. This desolation of Italy applied to Britain ; to ver . 344. Address to the GODDESS of LIBERTY , that she would deduce from the ...
... once finest and most ornamented part of Italy , all along the Coast of Baia , how changed ; to ver . 321. This desolation of Italy applied to Britain ; to ver . 344. Address to the GODDESS of LIBERTY , that she would deduce from the ...
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... , and hoar , Lies , a vast monument , once - glorious Rome , The tomb of empire ! ruins ! that efface Whate'er , of finish'd , modern pomp can boast . VOL . II . 5 10 15 20 Snatch'd by these wonders to that world where thought Unfetter'd.
... , and hoar , Lies , a vast monument , once - glorious Rome , The tomb of empire ! ruins ! that efface Whate'er , of finish'd , modern pomp can boast . VOL . II . 5 10 15 20 Snatch'd by these wonders to that world where thought Unfetter'd.
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... once th ' Ausonian shore . Look back thro ' time ; and , rising from the gloom , Mark the dread scene , that paints whate'er I say . The great Republic see ! that glow'd , sublime , 45 With the mixt freedom of a thousand states ; Rais'd ...
... once th ' Ausonian shore . Look back thro ' time ; and , rising from the gloom , Mark the dread scene , that paints whate'er I say . The great Republic see ! that glow'd , sublime , 45 With the mixt freedom of a thousand states ; Rais'd ...
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