The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 87
... Whose bleffings mortals more than life implore ! With fo much luftre your bright looks endear , That cottages are courts where thofe appear . Mankind , as you vouchfafe to smile or frown , Finds ease in chains , or anguish in a crown ...
... Whose bleffings mortals more than life implore ! With fo much luftre your bright looks endear , That cottages are courts where thofe appear . Mankind , as you vouchfafe to smile or frown , Finds ease in chains , or anguish in a crown ...
Page 129
... Whose crown Antiphates the tyrant wore . Some few commiffion'd were with fpeed to treat ; We to his court repair , his guards we meet . Two friendly flight preserv'd ; the third was doom'd , To be by thofe curs'd cannibals confum'd ...
... Whose crown Antiphates the tyrant wore . Some few commiffion'd were with fpeed to treat ; We to his court repair , his guards we meet . Two friendly flight preserv'd ; the third was doom'd , To be by thofe curs'd cannibals confum'd ...
Page 141
... whose powerful nod Shakes diftant earth , and bows our own abode ; To thy great progeny indulgent be , And rank the Goddess - born a deity . Already has he view'd , with mortal eyes , Thy brother's kingdoms of the nether skies ...
... whose powerful nod Shakes diftant earth , and bows our own abode ; To thy great progeny indulgent be , And rank the Goddess - born a deity . Already has he view'd , with mortal eyes , Thy brother's kingdoms of the nether skies ...
Page 172
... the fprings of action ; and , though I must con- demn their fuperftition , I cannot but applaud their in- vention . This people had a vaft diftri & t that worshiped the the crocodile , which is an animal , whose jaws KING'S POEMS .
... the fprings of action ; and , though I must con- demn their fuperftition , I cannot but applaud their in- vention . This people had a vaft diftri & t that worshiped the the crocodile , which is an animal , whose jaws KING'S POEMS .
Page 173
... whose jaws , being very oblong , give him the opportunity of having a great many teeth ; and , his habitation and business lying moft in the water , he , like our modern Dutch whitfiers in Southwark , had a very good stomach , and was ...
... whose jaws , being very oblong , give him the opportunity of having a great many teeth ; and , his habitation and business lying moft in the water , he , like our modern Dutch whitfiers in Southwark , had a very good stomach , and was ...
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