The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 8. köideJohn & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... ftill to make them more : Each might his feveral province well command , Would all but ftoop to what they under ftand . 60 70 Firft follow nature ; and your judgment frame 30 By her just standard , which is ftill the fame : Unerring ...
... ftill to make them more : Each might his feveral province well command , Would all but ftoop to what they under ftand . 60 70 Firft follow nature ; and your judgment frame 30 By her just standard , which is ftill the fame : Unerring ...
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... ftill , but nature methodis'd : Nature , like liberty , is but reftrain'd By the fame laws which firft herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her ufeful rules endites , When to reprefs , and when indulge our flights : High on ...
... ftill , but nature methodis'd : Nature , like liberty , is but reftrain'd By the fame laws which firft herself ordain'd . Hear how learn'd Greece her ufeful rules endites , When to reprefs , and when indulge our flights : High on ...
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... ftill are pleas'd too little or too much . At every trifle fcorn to take offence , That always fhows great pride ... ftill , they fay ; And ftill to - morrow's wifer than to - day . We think our fathers fools , fo wife we grow ; Our ...
... ftill are pleas'd too little or too much . At every trifle fcorn to take offence , That always fhows great pride ... ftill , they fay ; And ftill to - morrow's wifer than to - day . We think our fathers fools , fo wife we grow ; Our ...
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... ftill when moft admir'd , And still the more we give , the more requir'd ; Whose fame with pains we guard , but lofe with ease , 501 Sure fome to vex , but never all to please ; ' Tis what the vicious fear , the virtuous fhun ; By fools ...
... ftill when moft admir'd , And still the more we give , the more requir'd ; Whose fame with pains we guard , but lofe with ease , 501 Sure fome to vex , but never all to please ; ' Tis what the vicious fear , the virtuous fhun ; By fools ...
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... ftill this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak , And ftares tremendous , with a threatening eye , Like fome fierce tyrant in old tapestry . Fear most to tax an honourable fool , Whole right it is , uncenfur'd , to ...
... ftill this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak , And ftares tremendous , with a threatening eye , Like fome fierce tyrant in old tapestry . Fear most to tax an honourable fool , Whole right it is , uncenfur'd , to ...
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