The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... Some envious fcribbler might in fpight declare , That for comparison you plac'd them there . But Envy could not against you fucceed : 25 30 35 40 ' Tis not from friends that write , or foes that read ; Cenfure or Praise muft from ...
... Some envious fcribbler might in fpight declare , That for comparison you plac'd them there . But Envy could not against you fucceed : 25 30 35 40 ' Tis not from friends that write , or foes that read ; Cenfure or Praise muft from ...
Page 13
... some of my time to fave my foul ; and that fome wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleafing the critics . PAS- H PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL ...
... some of my time to fave my foul ; and that fome wife men will be of my opinion , even if I should think a part of it better spent in the enjoyments of life , than in pleafing the critics . PAS- H PASTORALS , WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL ...
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... some of his Eclogues ( as the fixth , eighth , and tenth , for example ) have nothing but their Titles to distinguish them . The reafon is evident , because the year has not that variety in it to furnish every month with a particular ...
... some of his Eclogues ( as the fixth , eighth , and tenth , for example ) have nothing but their Titles to distinguish them . The reafon is evident , because the year has not that variety in it to furnish every month with a particular ...
Page 43
... some still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddefs , oft a lamb fhall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their ...
... some still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddefs , oft a lamb fhall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their ...
Page 61
... Some Ver . 91 . Oh may no more a foreign master's rage , With wrongs yet legal , curfe a future age ! Still fpread , fair Liberty ! thy heav'nly wings , Breathe plenty on the fields , and fragrance on the fprings , Ver . 97 . When ...
... Some Ver . 91 . Oh may no more a foreign master's rage , With wrongs yet legal , curfe a future age ! Still fpread , fair Liberty ! thy heav'nly wings , Breathe plenty on the fields , and fragrance on the fprings , Ver . 97 . When ...
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