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... ne'er knew , They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . " There with a forest of their darts he strove , And stood like Capancus defying Jove , With ...
... ne'er knew , They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th ' experiment before you try , I'll show you first how easy ' tis to die . " There with a forest of their darts he strove , And stood like Capancus defying Jove , With ...
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... ne'er before could ken of Poetry , Am grown so good proficient , I can lend A line in commendation of my friend . Yet ' tis but of the second hand ; if ought There be in this , ' tis from thy fancy brought . Good thief , who dar'st ...
... ne'er before could ken of Poetry , Am grown so good proficient , I can lend A line in commendation of my friend . Yet ' tis but of the second hand ; if ought There be in this , ' tis from thy fancy brought . Good thief , who dar'st ...
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... er 215 Such swarms of English to the neighb'ring shore , To fetch that prize , by which Batavia made So rich amends ... Ne apology shall be made for the length of this passage , so pregnant with solid sense and knowledge of the true con ...
... er 215 Such swarms of English to the neighb'ring shore , To fetch that prize , by which Batavia made So rich amends ... Ne apology shall be made for the length of this passage , so pregnant with solid sense and knowledge of the true con ...
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... er their forces in a shining sheet : Part creeping under ground their ... er broad rivers on their fiends they ride , Or sweep in clouds above the blasted ground ... ne emortuo lacte sanguinem lambat . " - Pliny . JOHN WARTON . Ver . 1042 ...
... er their forces in a shining sheet : Part creeping under ground their ... er broad rivers on their fiends they ride , Or sweep in clouds above the blasted ground ... ne emortuo lacte sanguinem lambat . " - Pliny . JOHN WARTON . Ver . 1042 ...
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... ne'er so earnest sit , 85 90 Show him but mirth , and bait that mirth with wit ; 95 100 That shadow of a jest shall be enjoy'd , Though he left all mankind to be destroy'd . So cat transform'd sat gravely and demure , Till mouse appear ...
... ne'er so earnest sit , 85 90 Show him but mirth , and bait that mirth with wit ; 95 100 That shadow of a jest shall be enjoy'd , Though he left all mankind to be destroy'd . So cat transform'd sat gravely and demure , Till mouse appear ...
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