The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... bodies , fly ; Where truth in perfon does appear , Like words congeal'd in northern air . He knew what ' s what , and that's as high As metaphyfic wit can fly : In school - divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable ; 150 A fecond ...
... bodies , fly ; Where truth in perfon does appear , Like words congeal'd in northern air . He knew what ' s what , and that's as high As metaphyfic wit can fly : In school - divinity as able As he that hight Irrefragable ; 150 A fecond ...
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... body ; be- caufe Harry Martyn ( out of tenderness of confcience in this particular ) immediately quashed the motion , by faying , the power was too great for any man . And try if we by mediation Of treaty and accommodation D 3 HUDIBRAS ...
... body ; be- caufe Harry Martyn ( out of tenderness of confcience in this particular ) immediately quashed the motion , by faying , the power was too great for any man . And try if we by mediation Of treaty and accommodation D 3 HUDIBRAS ...
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... bodies ditches there . 270 Scrimansky was his coufin - german , With whom he ferv'd , and fed on vermin ; And when these fail'd , he ' d fuck his claws , And quarter himself upon his paws : And though his countrymen , the Huns , 275 Did ...
... bodies ditches there . 270 Scrimansky was his coufin - german , With whom he ferv'd , and fed on vermin ; And when these fail'd , he ' d fuck his claws , And quarter himself upon his paws : And though his countrymen , the Huns , 275 Did ...
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... body , and that into one blow ; But Talgol wifely avoided it By cunning fleight ; for had it hit The upper part of him , the blow Had flit , as fure as that below . Mean while the incomparable Colon , To aid his friend , began to fall ...
... body , and that into one blow ; But Talgol wifely avoided it By cunning fleight ; for had it hit The upper part of him , the blow Had flit , as fure as that below . Mean while the incomparable Colon , To aid his friend , began to fall ...
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... body , though his mighty fpirit , Being heavy , did not fo well bear it . The Bear was in a greater fright , Beat down , and worsted by the Knight ; He roar'd , and rag'd , and flung about , To shake off bondage from his fnout : His ...
... body , though his mighty fpirit , Being heavy , did not fo well bear it . The Bear was in a greater fright , Beat down , and worsted by the Knight ; He roar'd , and rag'd , and flung about , To shake off bondage from his fnout : His ...
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