The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... rage for ruin , In mutual conflict would they rise , and wage Eternal war , till one was quite devour'd . But not for this , ordain'd their boundless rage ; When heaven's inferior inftruments of wrath , War , famine , peftilence , are ...
... rage for ruin , In mutual conflict would they rise , and wage Eternal war , till one was quite devour'd . But not for this , ordain'd their boundless rage ; When heaven's inferior inftruments of wrath , War , famine , peftilence , are ...
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... rage . What shall I do ? -Supprefs it ? or proclaim ? Why fleeps the thunder ? Now , Lorenzo ! now , His best friend's couch the rank adulterer Afcends fecure ; and laughs at gods and men . Prepofterous madmen , void of fear or shame ...
... rage . What shall I do ? -Supprefs it ? or proclaim ? Why fleeps the thunder ? Now , Lorenzo ! now , His best friend's couch the rank adulterer Afcends fecure ; and laughs at gods and men . Prepofterous madmen , void of fear or shame ...
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... rage for plunder make a god ? " And bloodfbed wash out every other stain ? — " But You , perhaps , can't bleed : from matter grofs Your Spirits clean , are delicately clad " In fine - spun Æther , privileg'd to foar , " Unloaded ...
... rage for plunder make a god ? " And bloodfbed wash out every other stain ? — " But You , perhaps , can't bleed : from matter grofs Your Spirits clean , are delicately clad " In fine - spun Æther , privileg'd to foar , " Unloaded ...
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... rage ? ' Here , Madam ! let me vifit one , My fault who , partly , fhares , And tell myfelf , by telling him , What more becomes our years ; And if your breast with prudent zeal For refignation glows , You will not disapprove a juft ...
... rage ? ' Here , Madam ! let me vifit one , My fault who , partly , fhares , And tell myfelf , by telling him , What more becomes our years ; And if your breast with prudent zeal For refignation glows , You will not disapprove a juft ...
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... rage , winds ! I know , that Thou Canst save me by a storm . From Thee immortal spirits born , To Thee , their fountain , flow , If wife ; as curl'd around to theirs Meandering ftreams below : Not lefs compell'd by Reason's call , To ...
... rage , winds ! I know , that Thou Canst save me by a storm . From Thee immortal spirits born , To Thee , their fountain , flow , If wife ; as curl'd around to theirs Meandering ftreams below : Not lefs compell'd by Reason's call , To ...
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