The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... : Among the guests which e'er my house Receiv'd , it never can produce Of honour a more glorious proof - Though Dorset us'd to blefs the roof . - ERLE ERLE ROBERT'S MICE . IN CHAUCER'S STYLE . TWAY mice PRIOR'S POEMS .
... : Among the guests which e'er my house Receiv'd , it never can produce Of honour a more glorious proof - Though Dorset us'd to blefs the roof . - ERLE ERLE ROBERT'S MICE . IN CHAUCER'S STYLE . TWAY mice PRIOR'S POEMS .
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... never fulfill'd by his heir . II . Then take Mat's word for it , the fculptor is paid , That the figure is fine , pray believe your own eye ; Yet credit but lightly what more may be faid , For we flatter ourselves , and teach marble to ...
... never fulfill'd by his heir . II . Then take Mat's word for it , the fculptor is paid , That the figure is fine , pray believe your own eye ; Yet credit but lightly what more may be faid , For we flatter ourselves , and teach marble to ...
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... never found ; Falfe witnefs at court , and fierce tempefts at fea , So Mat may yet chance to be hang'd , or be drown'd . VIII . If his bones lie in earth , roll in fea , fly in air , To fate we must yield , and the thing is the fame ...
... never found ; Falfe witnefs at court , and fierce tempefts at fea , So Mat may yet chance to be hang'd , or be drown'd . VIII . If his bones lie in earth , roll in fea , fly in air , To fate we must yield , and the thing is the fame ...
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... never know'ft To die , but liv'ft the same to - day and ever . Arcadian therefore be thy birth : Great Rhea , Pregnant to high Parthafia's cliffs retir'd ; And wild Lycæus , black with fhading pines : Holy retreat ! fithence no female ...
... never know'ft To die , but liv'ft the same to - day and ever . Arcadian therefore be thy birth : Great Rhea , Pregnant to high Parthafia's cliffs retir'd ; And wild Lycæus , black with fhading pines : Holy retreat ! fithence no female ...
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... never , Have rais'd their heart , or fir'd their liver ; 510 Fond Alma to thofe parts was gone , Which Love more justly calls his own . Examples I could cite you more ; But be contented with these four : For , when one's proofs are ...
... never , Have rais'd their heart , or fir'd their liver ; 510 Fond Alma to thofe parts was gone , Which Love more justly calls his own . Examples I could cite you more ; But be contented with these four : For , when one's proofs are ...
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