The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... State : One word from me , without all doubt , he fays , Would fix his fortune in fome little place . Thus better than myfelf , it feems , he knows ,, How far my intereft with my patron goes ; And , anfwering all objections I can make ...
... State : One word from me , without all doubt , he fays , Would fix his fortune in fome little place . Thus better than myfelf , it feems , he knows ,, How far my intereft with my patron goes ; And , anfwering all objections I can make ...
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... state . · 90 95 And whence , faid the pacific king , Does all this noise and difcord fpring ? Why , Paris took Atrides ' wife- With ease I could compofe this ftrife : The injur'd hero fhould not lofe , Nor the young lover want a spouse ...
... state . · 90 95 And whence , faid the pacific king , Does all this noise and difcord fpring ? Why , Paris took Atrides ' wife- With ease I could compofe this ftrife : The injur'd hero fhould not lofe , Nor the young lover want a spouse ...
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... state By virtue of fome cafual weight ,む On either fide you hear them clatter , And judge of right and left hand matter . Now , Richard , this coercive force , Without your choice , muft take its course ; 205 210 215 220 Great kings to ...
... state By virtue of fome cafual weight ,む On either fide you hear them clatter , And judge of right and left hand matter . Now , Richard , this coercive force , Without your choice , muft take its course ; 205 210 215 220 Great kings to ...
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... state , His oylet - holes are more and ampler : The king's own body was a samplar . Happy the climate , where the beau Wears the fame fuit for use and fhow : And at a small expence your wife , If once well pink'd , is cloath'd for life ...
... state , His oylet - holes are more and ampler : The king's own body was a samplar . Happy the climate , where the beau Wears the fame fuit for use and fhow : And at a small expence your wife , If once well pink'd , is cloath'd for life ...
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... state . 280 Yet , if these finer whims were gone , Your clock , though plain , would still go on , But fpoil the engine of digeftion ; 285 And you entirely change the queftion . Alma's affairs no power can mend ; The jeft , alas ! is at ...
... state . 280 Yet , if these finer whims were gone , Your clock , though plain , would still go on , But fpoil the engine of digeftion ; 285 And you entirely change the queftion . Alma's affairs no power can mend ; The jeft , alas ! is at ...
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