The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... sword from retentive scabbard ; And after many a painful pluck , 75 80 85 90 From rufty durance he bail'd tuck : Then Ver . 74. Rais'd on , & c . ] From off , in the two first editions of 1663 . Ver . 85 , 86. ] Thus altered , 1674 ...
... sword from retentive scabbard ; And after many a painful pluck , 75 80 85 90 From rufty durance he bail'd tuck : Then Ver . 74. Rais'd on , & c . ] From off , in the two first editions of 1663 . Ver . 85 , 86. ] Thus altered , 1674 ...
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... sword , To fhew he meant to keep his word . But Talgol , who had long supprest Inflamed wrath in glowing breast , 680 Which now began to rage and burn as 685 Implacably as flame in furnace , Thus answer'd him : Thou vermin wretched , As ...
... sword , To fhew he meant to keep his word . But Talgol , who had long supprest Inflamed wrath in glowing breast , 680 Which now began to rage and burn as 685 Implacably as flame in furnace , Thus answer'd him : Thou vermin wretched , As ...
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... sword and spur , For fame and honour to wage battle , Thus to be brav'd by foe to cattle ? Not all that pride that makes thee fwell As big as thou doft blown - up veal , Nor all thy tricks and fleights to cheat , And fell thy carrion ...
... sword and spur , For fame and honour to wage battle , Thus to be brav'd by foe to cattle ? Not all that pride that makes thee fwell As big as thou doft blown - up veal , Nor all thy tricks and fleights to cheat , And fell thy carrion ...
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... sword To break a Fiddle , and your word ? For though I fought and overcame , And quarter gave , ' twas in your name : For great commanders always own What ' s profperous by the foldier done . To fave , where you have power to kill ...
... sword To break a Fiddle , and your word ? For though I fought and overcame , And quarter gave , ' twas in your name : For great commanders always own What ' s profperous by the foldier done . To fave , where you have power to kill ...
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... sword In triumph , whilft the steeds he caught ,, And them to further fervice brought .. The Squire , in ftate ,, rode on before , And on his nut - brown whinyard bore The trophee - Fiddle and the case , Leaning on shoulder like a mace ...
... sword In triumph , whilft the steeds he caught ,, And them to further fervice brought .. The Squire , in ftate ,, rode on before , And on his nut - brown whinyard bore The trophee - Fiddle and the case , Leaning on shoulder like a mace ...
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