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... thofe coffers , which were firft his own , With joy to heaven he lifts his aged eyes , Bleffes his profperous heir , and calmly dies . } May all your fortune , like your numbers , shine , And smoothly flow , without one rugged line ...
... thofe coffers , which were firft his own , With joy to heaven he lifts his aged eyes , Bleffes his profperous heir , and calmly dies . } May all your fortune , like your numbers , shine , And smoothly flow , without one rugged line ...
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... thofe fhall ceafe to live , and Thames to flow . Nature fubdued foretold the great decline , And every heart was plung'd in grief , but thine ; Thy foul , ferene , the conflict did maintain , And trac'd the phantom death , in years of ...
... thofe fhall ceafe to live , and Thames to flow . Nature fubdued foretold the great decline , And every heart was plung'd in grief , but thine ; Thy foul , ferene , the conflict did maintain , And trac'd the phantom death , in years of ...
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... the traces of thy hand we fee , 55 Some of the brightest thoughts are due to thee . While * Alluding to the Spectators written by Mr. Hughes . While then for thofe illuftrious bards we mourn , The 12 RECOMMENDATORY POEMS .
... the traces of thy hand we fee , 55 Some of the brightest thoughts are due to thee . While * Alluding to the Spectators written by Mr. Hughes . While then for thofe illuftrious bards we mourn , The 12 RECOMMENDATORY POEMS .
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. While then for thofe illuftrious bards we mourn , The Mufe fhall vifit thy DISTINGUISH`D URN ; With copious tears bedew the facred ground , And plant the never - fading bay around ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. While then for thofe illuftrious bards we mourn , The Mufe fhall vifit thy DISTINGUISH`D URN ; With copious tears bedew the facred ground , And plant the never - fading bay around ...
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... , too inconfiderable for your Grace's no- tice . How I have performed is humbly submitted to your Grace's judgment , and to the judgment of all D 3 thofe thofe gentlemen who are used to entertain themselves with writings [ 37 ]
... , too inconfiderable for your Grace's no- tice . How I have performed is humbly submitted to your Grace's judgment , and to the judgment of all D 3 thofe thofe gentlemen who are used to entertain themselves with writings [ 37 ]
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