The English Anthology. Volume the First [-third], Volume 1Egerton, 1793 - 349 pages |
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... CALEDONIAN MUSE , a collection of Scotish poetry , upon a fimilar plan , printed fome years fince , though not yet published , was , in fact , a subsequent com pilation . and in some cases his only , production , and VOL . I. a VOL.
... CALEDONIAN MUSE , a collection of Scotish poetry , upon a fimilar plan , printed fome years fince , though not yet published , was , in fact , a subsequent com pilation . and in some cases his only , production , and VOL . I. a VOL.
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ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY. Joseph Ritson. and in some cases his only , production , and that no publication of like nature ever com- prehended fuch a number and variety of ex- cellent poems , or was printed with fuperior elegance , fidelity , or ...
ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY. Joseph Ritson. and in some cases his only , production , and that no publication of like nature ever com- prehended fuch a number and variety of ex- cellent poems , or was printed with fuperior elegance , fidelity , or ...
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... Some call him Mars , and fome Apollo , Some Jupiter , and give him th ' odds , 45 50 55 On even terms , of all the gods : Then Cæfar he's nicknam'd , as duly as He that in Rome was chriften'd Julius , 60 And was addrefs'd to , by a crow ...
... Some call him Mars , and fome Apollo , Some Jupiter , and give him th ' odds , 45 50 55 On even terms , of all the gods : Then Cæfar he's nicknam'd , as duly as He that in Rome was chriften'd Julius , 60 And was addrefs'd to , by a crow ...
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... Some to undo , and fome to be undone ; While luxury and wealth , like war and peace , Are each the others ruine , and increase ; As rivers loft in feas , fome fecret vein Thence reconveys , there to be loft again . Oh happiness of sweet ...
... Some to undo , and fome to be undone ; While luxury and wealth , like war and peace , Are each the others ruine , and increase ; As rivers loft in feas , fome fecret vein Thence reconveys , there to be loft again . Oh happiness of sweet ...
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... Some nobler foe approach , to him he calls , And begs his fate , and then contented falls . So when the king a mortal shaft lets flye From his unerring hand , then glad to dye , 320 Proud of the wound , to it refigns his blood E 3 ...
... Some nobler foe approach , to him he calls , And begs his fate , and then contented falls . So when the king a mortal shaft lets flye From his unerring hand , then glad to dye , 320 Proud of the wound , to it refigns his blood E 3 ...
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