The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... grace , Basks in their eyes , and sparkles in their face . How fleek their looks , how goodly is their mien , When big thy ftrut behind a double chin ! Each faculty in blandifhments they lull , Afpiring to be venerably dull ; No learn'd ...
... grace , Basks in their eyes , and sparkles in their face . How fleek their looks , how goodly is their mien , When big thy ftrut behind a double chin ! Each faculty in blandifhments they lull , Afpiring to be venerably dull ; No learn'd ...
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... grace and moderation disagree ; And violence advances charity . Thus writ till none would read , becoming foon A wretched fcribbler , of a rare buffoon . Mankind my fond propitious power has try'd , Too oft ' to own , too much to be ...
... grace and moderation disagree ; And violence advances charity . Thus writ till none would read , becoming foon A wretched fcribbler , of a rare buffoon . Mankind my fond propitious power has try'd , Too oft ' to own , too much to be ...
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... grace , So flung her arms , fo fhuffl'd in her pace . Onwards the haftens to the fam'd abodes , Where Horoscope invokes th ' infernal gods ; And reach'd the mansion where the vulgar run , For ruin throng , and pay to be undone . This ...
... grace , So flung her arms , fo fhuffl'd in her pace . Onwards the haftens to the fam'd abodes , Where Horoscope invokes th ' infernal gods ; And reach'd the mansion where the vulgar run , For ruin throng , and pay to be undone . This ...
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... Grace ; It guides the fancy , and directs the mind ; No bankrupt ever found a fair - one kind . So truly Horofcope its virtues knows , To this lov'd idol ' tis , alone , he bows ; And fancies fuch bright heraldry can prove , The vile ...
... Grace ; It guides the fancy , and directs the mind ; No bankrupt ever found a fair - one kind . So truly Horofcope its virtues knows , To this lov'd idol ' tis , alone , he bows ; And fancies fuch bright heraldry can prove , The vile ...
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... grace . O that near Xanthus ' banks you had but dwelt , When Ilium firft Achaian fury felt ! The horned river then had curs'd in vain 83 85 Young Peleus ' arm , that chok'd his ftream with flain ; 90 No trophies you had left for Grecks ...
... grace . O that near Xanthus ' banks you had but dwelt , When Ilium firft Achaian fury felt ! The horned river then had curs'd in vain 83 85 Young Peleus ' arm , that chok'd his ftream with flain ; 90 No trophies you had left for Grecks ...
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