The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... time reprinting it without alteration , and to forbear pub- lishing any Corrections or Improvements until he should be able at once to give them to the Public complete . B And And with this view he went on for feveral years.
... time reprinting it without alteration , and to forbear pub- lishing any Corrections or Improvements until he should be able at once to give them to the Public complete . B And And with this view he went on for feveral years.
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... wakes each active power To brifker meafures : witness the neglect Of all familiar profpects , though beheld With transport once ; the fond attentive gaze 230 235 of Of young aftonishment ; the fober zeal Of age , 20 AKENSIDE'S POEMS .
... wakes each active power To brifker meafures : witness the neglect Of all familiar profpects , though beheld With transport once ; the fond attentive gaze 230 235 of Of young aftonishment ; the fober zeal Of age , 20 AKENSIDE'S POEMS .
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... once enquire Where is the fanction of eternal truth , Or where the feal of undeceitful good , To fave your search from folly ! Wanting these , Lo ! beauty withers in your void embrace , And with the glittering of an idiot's toy 370 375 ...
... once enquire Where is the fanction of eternal truth , Or where the feal of undeceitful good , To fave your search from folly ! Wanting these , Lo ! beauty withers in your void embrace , And with the glittering of an idiot's toy 370 375 ...
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... once difpell Those monkish horrors : then in light divine Disclose the Elyfian profpect , where the steps Of those whom nature charms , through blooming walks , Through fragrant mountains and poetic ftreams , 410 Amid the train of Sages ...
... once difpell Those monkish horrors : then in light divine Disclose the Elyfian profpect , where the steps Of those whom nature charms , through blooming walks , Through fragrant mountains and poetic ftreams , 410 Amid the train of Sages ...
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... Önce more fearch , undifmay'd , the dark profound Where nature works in fecret ; view the beds Of mineral treasure , and the eternal vault 510 That bounds the hoary ocean ; trace the forms Of atoms moving with inceffant change Their ...
... Önce more fearch , undifmay'd , the dark profound Where nature works in fecret ; view the beds Of mineral treasure , and the eternal vault 510 That bounds the hoary ocean ; trace the forms Of atoms moving with inceffant change Their ...
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