The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 20. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... first , at length they faintly please ; And ftill , whate'er their first efforts produce , ' Tis an abortive , or an infant Mufe : Whilft yours , like Pallas , from the head of Jove , Steps out full - grown , with noblest pace to move ...
... first , at length they faintly please ; And ftill , whate'er their first efforts produce , ' Tis an abortive , or an infant Mufe : Whilft yours , like Pallas , from the head of Jove , Steps out full - grown , with noblest pace to move ...
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... first begun : Such my applaufe , fo mighty my fuccefs , Some granted my predictions more than guess . But , doubtful as I am , I'll entertain This faith , there can be no mistake in gain . For the dull world must honour pay to thofe ...
... first begun : Such my applaufe , fo mighty my fuccefs , Some granted my predictions more than guess . But , doubtful as I am , I'll entertain This faith , there can be no mistake in gain . For the dull world must honour pay to thofe ...
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... first begun , Scarce feen they rife , but gather as they run . So lines that from their parallel decline , More they advance , the more they ftill disjoin .. ' Tis therefore my advice , in hafte we fend , And beg the Faculty to be our ...
... first begun , Scarce feen they rife , but gather as they run . So lines that from their parallel decline , More they advance , the more they ftill disjoin .. ' Tis therefore my advice , in hafte we fend , And beg the Faculty to be our ...
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... first begun , Scarce feen they rife , but gather as they run : So lines that from their parallel decline , More they proceed , the more they still disjoin . " Tis therefore my advice , in hafte we fend , And beg the Faculty to be our ...
... first begun , Scarce feen they rife , but gather as they run : So lines that from their parallel decline , More they proceed , the more they still disjoin . " Tis therefore my advice , in hafte we fend , And beg the Faculty to be our ...
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... First know what honour is , and whence it was . 265 Scorn'd by the base , ' tis courted by the brave , The hero's tyrant , and the coward's flave ; * The Pearces , apothecaries . Born Born in the noify camp , it lives on air 1 46 POEMS ...
... First know what honour is , and whence it was . 265 Scorn'd by the base , ' tis courted by the brave , The hero's tyrant , and the coward's flave ; * The Pearces , apothecaries . Born Born in the noify camp , it lives on air 1 46 POEMS ...
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