The Works of the English Poets, 39. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 736 pages |
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... woods , fing of thy fields Go publish o'er the plain How mighty a profelyte you gain ! ` How noble a reprisal on the great ! How is the Mufe luxuriant grown ! Whene'er fhe takes this flight , She foars clear out of fight . These are the ...
... woods , fing of thy fields Go publish o'er the plain How mighty a profelyte you gain ! ` How noble a reprisal on the great ! How is the Mufe luxuriant grown ! Whene'er fhe takes this flight , She foars clear out of fight . These are the ...
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... wood ! As if the univerfal Nile Had rather water'd it than drown'd : It seems fome floating piece of paradise , Preferv'd by wonder from the flood , Long wandering through the deep , as we are told Fam'd Delos did of old , ** The Ode I ...
... wood ! As if the univerfal Nile Had rather water'd it than drown'd : It seems fome floating piece of paradise , Preferv'd by wonder from the flood , Long wandering through the deep , as we are told Fam'd Delos did of old , ** The Ode I ...
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... wood , produc'd no more Than a few scrubby trees before . The plot as yet lay deep ; and fo A cellar next was dug below : But this a work fo hard was found , Two acts it coft him under ground . Two other acts , we may prefume , Were ...
... wood , produc'd no more Than a few scrubby trees before . The plot as yet lay deep ; and fo A cellar next was dug below : But this a work fo hard was found , Two acts it coft him under ground . Two other acts , we may prefume , Were ...
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... wooden jack , which had almost Loft by disuse the art to roast , A fudden alteration feels , Increas'd by new inteftine wheels ; And , what exalts the wonder more , The number made the motion flower . The flier , though ' t had leaden ...
... wooden jack , which had almost Loft by disuse the art to roast , A fudden alteration feels , Increas'd by new inteftine wheels ; And , what exalts the wonder more , The number made the motion flower . The flier , though ' t had leaden ...
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... Wood , Now feem'd to look abundance better , Improv'd in picture , fize , and letter ; And , high in order plac'd , defcribe The heraldry of every tribe * . A bedstead of the antique mode , Compact of timber many a load , Such as our ...
... Wood , Now feem'd to look abundance better , Improv'd in picture , fize , and letter ; And , high in order plac'd , defcribe The heraldry of every tribe * . A bedstead of the antique mode , Compact of timber many a load , Such as our ...
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