The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6–7. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... best apparel do . 50 Befide ' tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs fqueak ; That Latin was no more difficile , Than to a blackbird ' tis to whistle : Being rich in both , he never scanted His bounty unto fuch as wanted ...
... best apparel do . 50 Befide ' tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs fqueak ; That Latin was no more difficile , Than to a blackbird ' tis to whistle : Being rich in both , he never scanted His bounty unto fuch as wanted ...
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... best but fuck a bull , Or shear swine , all cry , and no wool ; 350 For what can Synods have at all , With Bear that's analogical ? Or what relation has debating A juft comparison ftill is 859 Of Church affairs with Bear - baiting ? Of ...
... best but fuck a bull , Or shear swine , all cry , and no wool ; 350 For what can Synods have at all , With Bear that's analogical ? Or what relation has debating A juft comparison ftill is 859 Of Church affairs with Bear - baiting ? Of ...
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... best To damn and perjure all the rest ? And bid the Devil take the hin'moft Which at this race is like to win most . They'll fay our bufinefs , to Reform The Church and State , is but a worm ; For to fubfcribe , unfight , unfeen , ' T ...
... best To damn and perjure all the rest ? And bid the Devil take the hin'moft Which at this race is like to win most . They'll fay our bufinefs , to Reform The Church and State , is but a worm ; For to fubfcribe , unfight , unfeen , ' T ...
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... best , And trust thy fortune with the reft . 405 Such thoughts as these the Knight did keep , More than his bangs , or fleas , from fleep ; And as an owl , that in a barn Sees a mouse creeping in the corn , Sits ftill , and shuts his ...
... best , And trust thy fortune with the reft . 405 Such thoughts as these the Knight did keep , More than his bangs , or fleas , from fleep ; And as an owl , that in a barn Sees a mouse creeping in the corn , Sits ftill , and shuts his ...
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... best , By fiege or onslaught , to invest The enemy ; and ' twas agreed By ftorm and onslaught to proceed . This being refolv'd , in comely fort They now drew up t ' attack the fort ; When Hudibras , about to enter Upon another - gates ...
... best , By fiege or onslaught , to invest The enemy ; and ' twas agreed By ftorm and onslaught to proceed . This being refolv'd , in comely fort They now drew up t ' attack the fort ; When Hudibras , about to enter Upon another - gates ...
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