The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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Page 32
... senses . Two optic nerves , they fay , the ties , Like fpectacles , across the eyes ; By which the fpirits bring her word , Whene'er the balls are fix'd or stirr'd , How quick at park and play they strike ; The duke they court ; the ...
... senses . Two optic nerves , they fay , the ties , Like fpectacles , across the eyes ; By which the fpirits bring her word , Whene'er the balls are fix'd or stirr'd , How quick at park and play they strike ; The duke they court ; the ...
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... sense , but oftener none . For who conceives , what bards devife , That Heaven is plac'd in Celia's eyes ; Or where's the fenfe , direct and moral , That teeth are pearl , or lips are coral ♪ 395 Your Your Horace owns , he various writ ...
... sense , but oftener none . For who conceives , what bards devife , That Heaven is plac'd in Celia's eyes ; Or where's the fenfe , direct and moral , That teeth are pearl , or lips are coral ♪ 395 Your Your Horace owns , he various writ ...
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... sense . But let your friends in verse suppose , What ne'er fhall be allow'd in prose ; Anatomifts can make it clear , The liver minds his own affair ; Kindly fupplies our public uses ; 430 435 And parts and strains the vital juices ...
... sense . But let your friends in verse suppose , What ne'er fhall be allow'd in prose ; Anatomifts can make it clear , The liver minds his own affair ; Kindly fupplies our public uses ; 430 435 And parts and strains the vital juices ...
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... sense of one verse most commonly into another , was found too diffolute and wild , and came very often too near profe . As Davenant and Waller corrected , and Dryden perfected it ; it is too confined : it cuts off the fenfe at the end ...
... sense of one verse most commonly into another , was found too diffolute and wild , and came very often too near profe . As Davenant and Waller corrected , and Dryden perfected it ; it is too confined : it cuts off the fenfe at the end ...
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... sense Indulge ; add Mufic to magnificence : Essay if harmony may grief control ; Or power of found prevail upon the foul . 50 55 65 * The Murex is a fhell - fish ; of the liquor whereof a purple colour is made . K 2 Often Often our ...
... sense Indulge ; add Mufic to magnificence : Essay if harmony may grief control ; Or power of found prevail upon the foul . 50 55 65 * The Murex is a fhell - fish ; of the liquor whereof a purple colour is made . K 2 Often Often our ...
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