The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... Such fmiles are mine , and fuch may they remain ; Nor hazard their extinction , from excess . My change of heart a change of ftyle demands ; The Confolation cancels the Complaint , And makes a convert of my guilty song . 510 And when o ...
... Such fmiles are mine , and fuch may they remain ; Nor hazard their extinction , from excess . My change of heart a change of ftyle demands ; The Confolation cancels the Complaint , And makes a convert of my guilty song . 510 And when o ...
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... Such godlike glory , ftole the style of gods , From ages dark , obtufe , and steep'd in sense ; For , fure , to fenfe , they truly are divine ; And half - abfolv'd idolatry from guilt ; Nay , turn'd it into virtue . Such it was In those ...
... Such godlike glory , ftole the style of gods , From ages dark , obtufe , and steep'd in sense ; For , fure , to fenfe , they truly are divine ; And half - abfolv'd idolatry from guilt ; Nay , turn'd it into virtue . Such it was In those ...
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... Such pomp For which alone Inanimate was made , More fparingly difpens'd ? That nobler fon , Far liker the great Sire ! — ' Tis thus the skies Inform us of fuperiors numberlefs , 890 895 900 As much , in Excellence , above mankind , As ...
... Such pomp For which alone Inanimate was made , More fparingly difpens'd ? That nobler fon , Far liker the great Sire ! — ' Tis thus the skies Inform us of fuperiors numberlefs , 890 895 900 As much , in Excellence , above mankind , As ...
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... Such are their doctrines ; fuch the Night inspir'd . 1005 1010 1015 1020 And what more true ? What truth of greater weight ? The foul of man was made to walk the skies ; Delightful outlet of her prifon Here ! There , difincumber'd from ...
... Such are their doctrines ; fuch the Night inspir'd . 1005 1010 1015 1020 And what more true ? What truth of greater weight ? The foul of man was made to walk the skies ; Delightful outlet of her prifon Here ! There , difincumber'd from ...
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... such a sight ! A fight fo noble ! and a fight fo kind ! It drops new truths at every new survey ! Feels not Lorenzo fomething ftir within , 1170 That fweeps away all period ? As these spheres Meafure duration , they no less inspire The ...
... such a sight ! A fight fo noble ! and a fight fo kind ! It drops new truths at every new survey ! Feels not Lorenzo fomething ftir within , 1170 That fweeps away all period ? As these spheres Meafure duration , they no less inspire The ...
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