The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... must be wanting to your other virtues ; and , to gratify one good quality , do wrong to a thousand . The world generally measures our esteem by the ar- dour of our pretences ; and will fcarce believe that fo much zeal in the heart , can ...
... must be wanting to your other virtues ; and , to gratify one good quality , do wrong to a thousand . The world generally measures our esteem by the ar- dour of our pretences ; and will fcarce believe that fo much zeal in the heart , can ...
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... must own , I am proud of the imputation ; unless their quarrel be , that I have not done it enough : but he that will give himself the trouble of examining , will find I have copied him in nothing but in two or three lines in the ...
... must own , I am proud of the imputation ; unless their quarrel be , that I have not done it enough : but he that will give himself the trouble of examining , will find I have copied him in nothing but in two or three lines in the ...
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... venture to commend What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease , The beaux , the ladies , and the critics , please . C. BOYLE . TO то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION [ 13 ]
... venture to commend What Dennis can't condemn , nor Dryden mend : What must , writ with that fire and with that ease , The beaux , the ladies , and the critics , please . C. BOYLE . TO то MY FRIEND THE AUTHOR , As DESIRING MY OPINION [ 13 ]
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... Must they needs turn apothecaries straight ? Prevent it , Gods ! all ftratagems we try , To croud with new inhabitants your íky . ' Tis we who wait the Deftinies ' command , the troubled air , and weed the land . And dare the college ...
... Must they needs turn apothecaries straight ? Prevent it , Gods ! all ftratagems we try , To croud with new inhabitants your íky . ' Tis we who wait the Deftinies ' command , the troubled air , and weed the land . And dare the college ...
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... must bow , And fuffer by a reformation too . For now late jars our practices detect , And mines , when once difcover'd , lose effect . 179 175 180 VARIATIONS . Ver . 182 . But now late jars our practices detect , For mines , when once ...
... must bow , And fuffer by a reformation too . For now late jars our practices detect , And mines , when once difcover'd , lose effect . 179 175 180 VARIATIONS . Ver . 182 . But now late jars our practices detect , For mines , when once ...
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