The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 78
... bear ; Celfus , alone unmov'd , the fight beheld , The reft in pale confufion left the field . So when the pygmies , marshal'd on the plains , Wage puny war against th ' invading cranes ; The puppets to their bodkin fpears repair , And ...
... bear ; Celfus , alone unmov'd , the fight beheld , The reft in pale confufion left the field . So when the pygmies , marshal'd on the plains , Wage puny war against th ' invading cranes ; The puppets to their bodkin fpears repair , And ...
Page 85
... bears . Their wounded bark records fome broken vow , And willow - garlands hang on every bough . Olivia here in folitude he found , 250 Her down caft eyes fix'd on the filent ground : G 3 Llev Her drefs neglected , and unbound her hair ...
... bears . Their wounded bark records fome broken vow , And willow - garlands hang on every bough . Olivia here in folitude he found , 250 Her down caft eyes fix'd on the filent ground : G 3 Llev Her drefs neglected , and unbound her hair ...
Page 90
... bear the victor to the boundless skies , Awhile the god puts off paternal care , Neglects the earth , to give the heavens a star . Near thee , Alcides , fhall the hero fhine ; His rays refembling , as his labours , thine . Had fome fam ...
... bear the victor to the boundless skies , Awhile the god puts off paternal care , Neglects the earth , to give the heavens a star . Near thee , Alcides , fhall the hero fhine ; His rays refembling , as his labours , thine . Had fome fam ...
Page 92
... bear a brother should fucceed , and the only refuge from their indignation is by being inconfiderable ; upon which reflection , this thing ought to have a pretence to their favour . They who would be more informed of what relates to the ...
... bear a brother should fucceed , and the only refuge from their indignation is by being inconfiderable ; upon which reflection , this thing ought to have a pretence to their favour . They who would be more informed of what relates to the ...
Page 119
... meet a lightning fiercer than his own . Though to the fun his towering eagles rife , They fcarce could bear the luftre of these eyes . * Lady Sunderland . EPI- I 4 EPILOGUE WH TO THE TRAGEDY OF CATO . " HAT PROLOGUE S. 119.
... meet a lightning fiercer than his own . Though to the fun his towering eagles rife , They fcarce could bear the luftre of these eyes . * Lady Sunderland . EPI- I 4 EPILOGUE WH TO THE TRAGEDY OF CATO . " HAT PROLOGUE S. 119.
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