The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... case , no doubt , ૩૦ A man fhould have his brains beat out , Because he ' s tall , and has large bones , As men kill beavers for their stones . But as for our part , we shall tell The naked truth of what befel , And as an equal friend ...
... case , no doubt , ૩૦ A man fhould have his brains beat out , Because he ' s tall , and has large bones , As men kill beavers for their stones . But as for our part , we shall tell The naked truth of what befel , And as an equal friend ...
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... case , Leaning on shoulder like a mace . The Knight himself did after ride , 1105 1110 11.15 1120 Leading Crowdero by his fide ; And tow'd him , if he lagg'd behind , 1125 Like boat , against the tide and wind . Thus Ver . 1122. ] Plac ...
... case , Leaning on shoulder like a mace . The Knight himself did after ride , 1105 1110 11.15 1120 Leading Crowdero by his fide ; And tow'd him , if he lagg'd behind , 1125 Like boat , against the tide and wind . Thus Ver . 1122. ] Plac ...
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... case , And lays it upon Hudibras . How he receives the Lady's vifit , And cunningly folicits his fuit , Which the defers ; yet , on parole , Redeems him from th ' inchanted hole . UT now , t ' observe Romantique method , Let bloody ...
... case , And lays it upon Hudibras . How he receives the Lady's vifit , And cunningly folicits his fuit , Which the defers ; yet , on parole , Redeems him from th ' inchanted hole . UT now , t ' observe Romantique method , Let bloody ...
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... the learned Stoics maintain ) Not Ver . 164. ] In fuch a homely cafe . In fuch elenctique case , in the two first editions of 1664 . VOL . I. M Not bad fimpliciter , nor good , But merely as HUDIBRAS , PART II . CANTO I. 161.
... the learned Stoics maintain ) Not Ver . 164. ] In fuch a homely cafe . In fuch elenctique case , in the two first editions of 1664 . VOL . I. M Not bad fimpliciter , nor good , But merely as HUDIBRAS , PART II . CANTO I. 161.
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... case dispensed with all oaths , " civil , military , and religious . We are now told " ( fays he ) that the oaths we have taken are not to be " examined according to the interpretation of men : " No ! How then ? Surely according to the ...
... case dispensed with all oaths , " civil , military , and religious . We are now told " ( fays he ) that the oaths we have taken are not to be " examined according to the interpretation of men : " No ! How then ? Surely according to the ...
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