The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 1-2Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... various engines ; all at once difgorge Their blazing magazines ; and take , by storm , This poor terreftrial citadel of man . Amazing period ! when each mountain - height Out- Out - burns Vefuvius ; rocks eternal pour Their melted ...
... various engines ; all at once difgorge Their blazing magazines ; and take , by storm , This poor terreftrial citadel of man . Amazing period ! when each mountain - height Out- Out - burns Vefuvius ; rocks eternal pour Their melted ...
Page 12
... various fentence past , Affigns the fever'd throng distinct abodes , Sulphureous , or ambrofial : What enfues ? The deed predominant ! the deed of deeds ! Which makes a hell of hell , a heaven of heaven . 340 The Goddess , with determin ...
... various fentence past , Affigns the fever'd throng distinct abodes , Sulphureous , or ambrofial : What enfues ? The deed predominant ! the deed of deeds ! Which makes a hell of hell , a heaven of heaven . 340 The Goddess , with determin ...
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... various vales , The fields , woods , meads , and rivers , he has past ; And , fatiate of his journey , thinks of home , Endear'd by distance , nor affects more toil ; Thus I , though small , indeed , is that ascent The Mufe has gain'd ...
... various vales , The fields , woods , meads , and rivers , he has past ; And , fatiate of his journey , thinks of home , Endear'd by distance , nor affects more toil ; Thus I , though small , indeed , is that ascent The Mufe has gain'd ...
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... various leffons ; fome that may surprize An un - adept in myfteries of Night ; Little , perhaps , expected in her school , Nor thought to grow on planet , or on star . Bulls , lions , fcorpions , monsters here we feign ; Ourselves more ...
... various leffons ; fome that may surprize An un - adept in myfteries of Night ; Little , perhaps , expected in her school , Nor thought to grow on planet , or on star . Bulls , lions , fcorpions , monsters here we feign ; Ourselves more ...
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... various ! Not the God alone , I fee His Minifters ; I fee , diffus'd When , like a parchment - fcroll , fhrunk up by flames , It folds Lorenzo's leffon from his fight . 875 In radiant orders , effences fublime , Of various offices , of ...
... various ! Not the God alone , I fee His Minifters ; I fee , diffus'd When , like a parchment - fcroll , fhrunk up by flames , It folds Lorenzo's leffon from his fight . 875 In radiant orders , effences fublime , Of various offices , of ...
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