The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... mind , Whofe fighs infect the balmy wind , Has here prefum'd to hide ? At this the fwain , whofe venturous foul No fears of magic art control , Advanc'd in open fight ; " Nor have I caufe of dreed , he faid , " Who view , by no ...
... mind , Whofe fighs infect the balmy wind , Has here prefum'd to hide ? At this the fwain , whofe venturous foul No fears of magic art control , Advanc'd in open fight ; " Nor have I caufe of dreed , he faid , " Who view , by no ...
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... his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind , Which made him want fuccefs . With lufty livelyhed he talks , He feems a dauncing With A FAIRY TALE . 25 And full against the beam he flung, ...
... his back the lefs ; His honeft tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind , Which made him want fuccefs . With lufty livelyhed he talks , He feems a dauncing With A FAIRY TALE . 25 And full against the beam he flung, ...
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... the favourite fools of chance " By fortune feem defign'd ; " Virtue can gain the odds of fate , " And from itself shake off the weight " Upon th ' unworthy mind . " 1 PER . t THE VIGIL OF VENUS . Written in the time 28 PARNELL'S POEMS ..
... the favourite fools of chance " By fortune feem defign'd ; " Virtue can gain the odds of fate , " And from itself shake off the weight " Upon th ' unworthy mind . " 1 PER . t THE VIGIL OF VENUS . Written in the time 28 PARNELL'S POEMS ..
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... mind expreft , His answer thus the croaking king addrest : Thy words luxuriant on thy dainties rove , And , ftranger , we can boast of bounteous Jove : We sport in water , or we dance on land , And , born amphibious , food from both ...
... mind expreft , His answer thus the croaking king addrest : Thy words luxuriant on thy dainties rove , And , ftranger , we can boast of bounteous Jove : We sport in water , or we dance on land , And , born amphibious , food from both ...
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... mind Have join'd the Mice , why ftays fhe ftill behind ; Drawn forth by favory fteams they wind their way And fure attendance round thine altar pay , Where while the victims gratify their taste , They sport to please the Goddefs of the ...
... mind Have join'd the Mice , why ftays fhe ftill behind ; Drawn forth by favory fteams they wind their way And fure attendance round thine altar pay , Where while the victims gratify their taste , They sport to please the Goddefs of the ...
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