The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... himself the trouble of examining , will find I have copied him in nothing but in two or three lines in the complaint of Moleffe , Canto II . and in one in his firit Canto ; the fenfe of which line is entirely his , and I could wish it ...
... himself the trouble of examining , will find I have copied him in nothing but in two or three lines in the complaint of Moleffe , Canto II . and in one in his firit Canto ; the fenfe of which line is entirely his , and I could wish it ...
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... himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find , applies to a particular perfon : it is a reflection which I fhould be forry fhould give ...
... himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find , applies to a particular perfon : it is a reflection which I fhould be forry fhould give ...
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... pay to thofe , Who on their underftanding molt impose . First man creates , and then he fears the elf ; Thus others cheat him not , but he himself ; 5 IO 15 20 He loaths the fubftance , and he loves the fhow D - 3 He [ 37 ]
... pay to thofe , Who on their underftanding molt impose . First man creates , and then he fears the elf ; Thus others cheat him not , but he himself ; 5 IO 15 20 He loaths the fubftance , and he loves the fhow D - 3 He [ 37 ]
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... himself is fo : He hates realities , and hugs the cheat , And ftill the only pleasure ' s the deceit . So meteors flatter with a dazzling dye , Which no existence has , but in the eye . As diftant profpects pleafe us , but when near We ...
... himself is fo : He hates realities , and hugs the cheat , And ftill the only pleasure ' s the deceit . So meteors flatter with a dazzling dye , Which no existence has , but in the eye . As diftant profpects pleafe us , but when near We ...
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... himself , and eats in plate ; Has levees , villas , mistresses in store , 340 345 350 And owns the racers which he rubb'd before . Souls heavenly - born my faithless boons defy ; The brave is to himself a deity Though Though bleft ...
... himself , and eats in plate ; Has levees , villas , mistresses in store , 340 345 350 And owns the racers which he rubb'd before . Souls heavenly - born my faithless boons defy ; The brave is to himself a deity Though Though bleft ...
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