The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... 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 , Still plunges deeper in his dear ...
... 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 , Still plunges deeper in his dear ...
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... and arts Have great contempt of Alma's parts . They find , fhe giddy is , or dull ; She doubts , if things are void , or full : F 3 50 55 55 60 65 And And who fhould be prefum'd to tell What the herself AL MA , CANTO III . 69.
... and arts Have great contempt of Alma's parts . They find , fhe giddy is , or dull ; She doubts , if things are void , or full : F 3 50 55 55 60 65 And And who fhould be prefum'd to tell What the herself AL MA , CANTO III . 69.
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... doubts if two and two make four , Though she has told them ten times o'er . It can't it may be and it must : - - To which of thefe muft Alma truft ? Nay further yet they make her go In doubting , if she doubts , or no . Can fyllogifm ...
... doubts if two and two make four , Though she has told them ten times o'er . It can't it may be and it must : - - To which of thefe muft Alma truft ? Nay further yet they make her go In doubting , if she doubts , or no . Can fyllogifm ...
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... doubt and dread , She dares pursue , if they dare lead ; As their example still prevails , She tempts the stream , or leaps the pales . He then , quoth Dick , who by your rule Thinks for himself , becomes a fool ; As party - man , who ...
... doubt and dread , She dares pursue , if they dare lead ; As their example still prevails , She tempts the stream , or leaps the pales . He then , quoth Dick , who by your rule Thinks for himself , becomes a fool ; As party - man , who ...
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... doubt Poets find Gods to help them out . ) Friend Richard , I begin to fee , and I fhall scarce agree . Obferve how oddly you behave : 310 315 320 That you 325 The more I grant , the more you crave . But , comrade , as I faid juft now ...
... doubt Poets find Gods to help them out . ) Friend Richard , I begin to fee , and I fhall scarce agree . Obferve how oddly you behave : 310 315 320 That you 325 The more I grant , the more you crave . But , comrade , as I faid juft now ...
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