The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20Samuel Johnson J. Nichols, 1779 |
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... the contrivance was forced , or the conduct incongruous . Difeafe is reprefented a Fury as well as Envy : she is imagined to be forced by an incantation from her recefs ; B 3 and , and , to be revenged on the Exorcift , mortifies [ 5 ]
... the contrivance was forced , or the conduct incongruous . Difeafe is reprefented a Fury as well as Envy : she is imagined to be forced by an incantation from her recefs ; B 3 and , and , to be revenged on the Exorcift , mortifies [ 5 ]
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... She on the world her clemency shall shower , And only to preferve exert her power . Tyrants fhall then their impious aims forbear , And Blenheim's thunder more than Etna's fear . Since by no arts I therefore can defeat The happy ...
... She on the world her clemency shall shower , And only to preferve exert her power . Tyrants fhall then their impious aims forbear , And Blenheim's thunder more than Etna's fear . Since by no arts I therefore can defeat The happy ...
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... she — The Deity we Fortune call , Though diftant , rules and influences all . Ver . 232 . VARIATIONS . The Fury faid ; and vanishing from fight , Cry'd out , To arms ; fo left the realms of light .. The combatants to th ' enterprize ...
... she — The Deity we Fortune call , Though diftant , rules and influences all . Ver . 232 . VARIATIONS . The Fury faid ; and vanishing from fight , Cry'd out , To arms ; fo left the realms of light .. The combatants to th ' enterprize ...
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... Are ftil'd by tuneful bards - The Fortunate . On high , where no hoarfe winds nor clouds refort , The hoodwink'd Goddess keeps her partial court . 320 Upon Upon a wheel of amethyst she fits , 325 Gives 60 • GARTH'S POEMS .
... Are ftil'd by tuneful bards - The Fortunate . On high , where no hoarfe winds nor clouds refort , The hoodwink'd Goddess keeps her partial court . 320 Upon Upon a wheel of amethyst she fits , 325 Gives 60 • GARTH'S POEMS .
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Samuel Johnson. Upon a wheel of amethyst she fits , 325 Gives and refumes , and fmiles and frowns by fits . In this ftill labyrinth , around her lie Spells , philters , globes , and fchemes of palmistry : A figil in this hand the gypsy ...
Samuel Johnson. Upon a wheel of amethyst she fits , 325 Gives and refumes , and fmiles and frowns by fits . In this ftill labyrinth , around her lie Spells , philters , globes , and fchemes of palmistry : A figil in this hand the gypsy ...
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