The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... should be but juftice , and to tell you fo , fhould be an offence : thus , rather than violate your modefty , I must be wanting to your other virtues ; and , to gratify one good quality , do wrong to a thousand . The world generally ...
... should be but juftice , and to tell you fo , fhould be an offence : thus , rather than violate your modefty , I must be wanting to your other virtues ; and , to gratify one good quality , do wrong to a thousand . The world generally ...
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... should be a profpect of effecting it by a lefs grateful method than reason and perfuafion . The original of this difference has been of some ftand- ing , though it did not break out to fury and excefs , until the time of erecting the ...
... should be a profpect of effecting it by a lefs grateful method than reason and perfuafion . The original of this difference has been of some ftand- ing , though it did not break out to fury and excefs , until the time of erecting the ...
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... Should not have leave to judge , as well as kill ? Nay , let them write ; let them their forces join , And hope the motley piece may rival thine . Safely defpife their malice , and their toil , Which vulgar ears alone will reach , and ...
... Should not have leave to judge , as well as kill ? Nay , let them write ; let them their forces join , And hope the motley piece may rival thine . Safely defpife their malice , and their toil , Which vulgar ears alone will reach , and ...
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... should'ft , by thinking what thou waft : The faculty of Warwick - lane defign , If not to ftorm , at least to undermine . Their gates each day ten thousand night - caps croud , And mortars utter their attempts aloud . If they should ...
... should'ft , by thinking what thou waft : The faculty of Warwick - lane defign , If not to ftorm , at least to undermine . Their gates each day ten thousand night - caps croud , And mortars utter their attempts aloud . If they should ...
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