The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... prove his innocence . III . The guilty stroke and torture of the steel Infix'd , our dauntlefs Briton fcarce perceives : The wounds his country from his death muft feel , The Patriot views ; for thofe alone he grieves . IV . The ...
... prove his innocence . III . The guilty stroke and torture of the steel Infix'd , our dauntlefs Briton fcarce perceives : The wounds his country from his death muft feel , The Patriot views ; for thofe alone he grieves . IV . The ...
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... prove who gave the fairer butt , John fhews the chalk on Robert's coat . So , for the honour of your book , It tells where other folks mistook : And , as their notions you confound , Those invent get you farther ground . The ...
... prove who gave the fairer butt , John fhews the chalk on Robert's coat . So , for the honour of your book , It tells where other folks mistook : And , as their notions you confound , Those invent get you farther ground . The ...
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... prove 270 That feet were only made to move : And legs defire to come and go ; For they have nothing else to do . Hence , long before the child can crawl , He learns to kick , and wince , and fprawl : 275 To hinder which , your midwife ...
... prove 270 That feet were only made to move : And legs defire to come and go ; For they have nothing else to do . Hence , long before the child can crawl , He learns to kick , and wince , and fprawl : 275 To hinder which , your midwife ...
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... prove . Another motion now fhe makes : 315 O need I name the feat fhe takes ? His thought quite chang'd the ftripling finds ; The fport and race no more he minds ; Neglected Tray and Pointer lie ; And covies unmolefted fly . 320 Sudden ...
... prove . Another motion now fhe makes : 315 O need I name the feat fhe takes ? His thought quite chang'd the ftripling finds ; The fport and race no more he minds ; Neglected Tray and Pointer lie ; And covies unmolefted fly . 320 Sudden ...
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... prove Where lies the real Seat of Love . Jecur they burn , and Cor they pierce , As either beft fupplies their verfe ; And , if folks afk the reason for ' t , Say , one was long , and t ' other short . Thus , I prefume , the British ...
... prove Where lies the real Seat of Love . Jecur they burn , and Cor they pierce , As either beft fupplies their verfe ; And , if folks afk the reason for ' t , Say , one was long , and t ' other short . Thus , I prefume , the British ...
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