The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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Page 43
... hand , And thus his word express'd his king's command : Ye Frogs ! the Mice with vengeance fir'd , advance , And deck'd in armour shake the shining lance : Their hapless prince by Phyfignathus flain , Extends incumbent on the watery ...
... hand , And thus his word express'd his king's command : Ye Frogs ! the Mice with vengeance fir'd , advance , And deck'd in armour shake the shining lance : Their hapless prince by Phyfignathus flain , Extends incumbent on the watery ...
Page 46
... hands repair , For which , vile earthly dunns thy daughter grieve ( The Gods , that ufe no coin , have none to give . And learning's Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no wealth below ) . Nor let the Frogs to win my ...
... hands repair , For which , vile earthly dunns thy daughter grieve ( The Gods , that ufe no coin , have none to give . And learning's Goddess never lefs can owe , Neglected learning gains no wealth below ) . Nor let the Frogs to win my ...
Page 49
... hands a monftrous mafs of mud , The cloud obscene o'er all the hero flies , Dishonours his brown face , and blots his eyes . E Enrag'd , Enrag'd , and wildly fputtering , from the shore A BATTLE OF THE FROGS , & c . 49.
... hands a monftrous mafs of mud , The cloud obscene o'er all the hero flies , Dishonours his brown face , and blots his eyes . E Enrag'd , Enrag'd , and wildly fputtering , from the shore A BATTLE OF THE FROGS , & c . 49.
Page 53
... hands are firmly brac'd ; Their round black eye - balls in their bofom plac'd ; ' On eight long feet the wondrous warriors tread ; And either end alike fupplies a head . Thefe , mortal wits to call the Crabs agree , The Gods have other ...
... hands are firmly brac'd ; Their round black eye - balls in their bofom plac'd ; ' On eight long feet the wondrous warriors tread ; And either end alike fupplies a head . Thefe , mortal wits to call the Crabs agree , The Gods have other ...
Page 56
... hand requires , Shakes off the duft , and makes thefe rocks refound , For fortune plac'd me in unfertile ground ; Far from the joys that with my foul agree , From wit , from learning , far , oh far from thee ! Here mofs - grown trees ...
... hand requires , Shakes off the duft , and makes thefe rocks refound , For fortune plac'd me in unfertile ground ; Far from the joys that with my foul agree , From wit , from learning , far , oh far from thee ! Here mofs - grown trees ...
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