The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... pride ; and flowers Innumerable , by the foft fouth - weft Open'd , and gather'd by religious hands , Rebound their fweets from th ' odoriferous pavement . Perpetual fires shine hallow'd on thy altars . When annual the Carnean feaft is ...
... pride ; and flowers Innumerable , by the foft fouth - weft Open'd , and gather'd by religious hands , Rebound their fweets from th ' odoriferous pavement . Perpetual fires shine hallow'd on thy altars . When annual the Carnean feaft is ...
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... pride . Not foon provok'd , the eafily forgives ; And much the fuffers , as the much believes . Soft peace fhe brings where - ever fhe arrives ; She builds our quiet , as fhe forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even ...
... pride . Not foon provok'd , the eafily forgives ; And much the fuffers , as the much believes . Soft peace fhe brings where - ever fhe arrives ; She builds our quiet , as fhe forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even ...
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... pride , Shall fee the crime he ftrives to hide ; And , foftly drawing back the veil , The God fhall to his votaries tell Each confcious tear , each blushing grace , That deck'd dear Eloifa's face . Happy the poet , bleft the lays ...
... pride , Shall fee the crime he ftrives to hide ; And , foftly drawing back the veil , The God fhall to his votaries tell Each confcious tear , each blushing grace , That deck'd dear Eloifa's face . Happy the poet , bleft the lays ...
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... pride . And , while my principles I beg , Pray answer only with your leg . Believe what friendly I advise : Be firft fecure ; and then be wife . The man within the coach that fits , And to another's fkill fubmits , Is fafer much ( whate ...
... pride . And , while my principles I beg , Pray answer only with your leg . Believe what friendly I advise : Be firft fecure ; and then be wife . The man within the coach that fits , And to another's fkill fubmits , Is fafer much ( whate ...
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... pride , And falfe to all the world befide . 340 That old philofopher grew cross , Who could not tell what motion was : Because he walk'd against his will , He fac'd men down , that he stood still . And he who , reading on the heart 345 ...
... pride , And falfe to all the world befide . 340 That old philofopher grew cross , Who could not tell what motion was : Because he walk'd against his will , He fac'd men down , that he stood still . And he who , reading on the heart 345 ...
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