The Works of the British Poets with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson, 8. köideJohn & Arthur Arch, 1795 |
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... ftill divinely bright , One clear , unchang'd , and universal light , Life , force , and beauty , muft to all impart , At once the fource , and end , and test of art , Art from that fund each juft fupply provides ; Works without fhew ...
... ftill divinely bright , One clear , unchang'd , and universal light , Life , force , and beauty , muft to all impart , At once the fource , and end , and test of art , Art from that fund each juft fupply provides ; Works without fhew ...
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... ftill Appears more decent , as more fuitable ; A vile conceit in pompous words exprefs'd , Is like a clown in regal purple drefs'd : For different ftyles with different fubjects fort , As feveral garbs , with country , town , and court ...
... ftill Appears more decent , as more fuitable ; A vile conceit in pompous words exprefs'd , Is like a clown in regal purple drefs'd : For different ftyles with different fubjects fort , As feveral garbs , with country , town , and court ...
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... ftill , they fay ; And still to - morrow's wifer than to - day . We think our fathers fools , fo wife we grow ; Our wifer fons , no doubt , will think us so , VARIATIONS . Ver . 394. Ed . 1. Some the French writers , & c . Ver . 413. Ed ...
... ftill , they fay ; And still to - morrow's wifer than to - day . We think our fathers fools , fo wife we grow ; Our wifer fons , no doubt , will think us so , VARIATIONS . Ver . 394. Ed . 1. Some the French writers , & c . Ver . 413. Ed ...
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... ftill when moft admir'd , And still the more we give , the more requir'd ; Whofe fame with pains we guard , but lose 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 ; Whofe fame with pains we guard , but lose with ease , 501 Sure fome to vex , but never all to please ; ' Tis what the vicious fear , the virtuous fhun ; By fools ...
Page 39
... 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 , Whofe 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 , Whofe right it is , uncenfur'd , to ...
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