The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page 41
... falls , and grinds his teeth with grief ; Plunging he finks , and ftruggling mounts again , And finks , and strives , but strives with fate in vain . The weighty moisture clogs his hairy veft , And thus the prince his dying rage exprest ...
... falls , and grinds his teeth with grief ; Plunging he finks , and ftruggling mounts again , And finks , and strives , but strives with fate in vain . The weighty moisture clogs his hairy veft , And thus the prince his dying rage exprest ...
Page 67
... fall a victim to the Nine , Myself the priest , my defk the shrine . Bring Homer , Virgil , Taffo near , To pile a facred altar here ; Hold , boy , thy hand out - runs thy wit , You reach'd the plays that Dennis writ You reach'd me ...
... fall a victim to the Nine , Myself the priest , my defk the shrine . Bring Homer , Virgil , Taffo near , To pile a facred altar here ; Hold , boy , thy hand out - runs thy wit , You reach'd the plays that Dennis writ You reach'd me ...
Page 77
... fall athwart thy weeds , Long palls , drawn hearses , cover'd steeds , And plumes of black , that , as they tread , Nod o'er the ' fcutcheons of the dead ? Nor can the parted body know , Nor wants the foul , thefe forms of woe ; As men ...
... fall athwart thy weeds , Long palls , drawn hearses , cover'd steeds , And plumes of black , that , as they tread , Nod o'er the ' fcutcheons of the dead ? Nor can the parted body know , Nor wants the foul , thefe forms of woe ; As men ...
Page 86
... falls , and rifing lifts his head , Then flashing turns , and finks among the dead . Wild , fparkling rage inflames the father's eyes , He burfts the bands of fear , and madly cries , Detefted wretch ! But fcarce his speech began , When ...
... falls , and rifing lifts his head , Then flashing turns , and finks among the dead . Wild , fparkling rage inflames the father's eyes , He burfts the bands of fear , and madly cries , Detefted wretch ! But fcarce his speech began , When ...
Page 98
... falls . With her nor Neptune or Minerva vies : Whene'er the pleas'd , her troops to conqueft flew Whene'er the pleases , peaceful times arise : She gave the Horfe , and gives the Olive too . DR . DR . DONNE'S THIRD SATIRE COM VERS I FIE ...
... falls . With her nor Neptune or Minerva vies : Whene'er the pleas'd , her troops to conqueft flew Whene'er the pleases , peaceful times arise : She gave the Horfe , and gives the Olive too . DR . DR . DONNE'S THIRD SATIRE COM VERS I FIE ...
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