The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 6. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... lefs cruel fteed . It was a question whether he 465 Or ' s horse were of a family More worshipful ; till antiquaries ( After they ' ad almost por'd out their eyes ) Did very learnedly decide The business on the horse's fide , 470 And ...
... lefs cruel fteed . It was a question whether he 465 Or ' s horse were of a family More worshipful ; till antiquaries ( After they ' ad almost por'd out their eyes ) Did very learnedly decide The business on the horse's fide , 470 And ...
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... lefs patience upon this than Don Quixote did upon a like occafion , where he calmly diftinguishes betwixt an affront and an injury . The Knight is irritated at the fatirical anfwer of Tal- gol , and vents his rage in a manner exactly ...
... lefs patience upon this than Don Quixote did upon a like occafion , where he calmly diftinguishes betwixt an affront and an injury . The Knight is irritated at the fatirical anfwer of Tal- gol , and vents his rage in a manner exactly ...
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... always own What ' s profperous by the foldier done . To fave , where you have power to kill , Argues your power above your will ; 1040 1045 1050 And And that your will and power have lefs Than both HUDIBRAS , PART I. CANTO II . 95.
... always own What ' s profperous by the foldier done . To fave , where you have power to kill , Argues your power above your will ; 1040 1045 1050 And And that your will and power have lefs Than both HUDIBRAS , PART I. CANTO II . 95.
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... lefs Than both might have of felfifhnefs . This power which , now alive , with dread He trembles at , if he were dead Would no more keep the flave in awe , Than if you were a Knight of straw : For Death would then be his conqueror Not ...
... lefs Than both might have of felfifhnefs . This power which , now alive , with dread He trembles at , if he were dead Would no more keep the flave in awe , Than if you were a Knight of straw : For Death would then be his conqueror Not ...
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... lefs humanity , For thefe at fouls of men will fly . This to the Prophet did appear , Who in a vifion faw a Bear , Prefiguring the beastly rage Of Church - rule , in this latter age ; As is demonftrated at full By him that baited the ...
... lefs humanity , For thefe at fouls of men will fly . This to the Prophet did appear , Who in a vifion faw a Bear , Prefiguring the beastly rage Of Church - rule , in this latter age ; As is demonftrated at full By him that baited the ...
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