The Works of the English Poets, 39. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 736 pages |
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... better worth your noble pain , Here mankind fell , and hence must rise again . XI . Shall I believe a spirit fo divine Was caft in the fame mold with mine ? Why then does Nature fo unjustly share Among her elder fons the whole eftate ...
... better worth your noble pain , Here mankind fell , and hence must rise again . XI . Shall I believe a spirit fo divine Was caft in the fame mold with mine ? Why then does Nature fo unjustly share Among her elder fons the whole eftate ...
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... better : And then your poor petitioner , both night and day , Or the chaplain ( for ' tis his trade ) , as in duty bound , fhall ever pray . A BALL AD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC . Written at the Castle of Dublin , 1699 . MY Lord + , to find ...
... better : And then your poor petitioner , both night and day , Or the chaplain ( for ' tis his trade ) , as in duty bound , fhall ever pray . A BALL AD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC . Written at the Castle of Dublin , 1699 . MY Lord + , to find ...
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... better half we have to fay : Sing , Mufe , the house of poet In higher ftrains than we began . Van Van ( for ' tis fit the reader know it ) Is both a herald and a poet ; No No wonder then if nicely skill'd In both capacities to 42 POEMS ...
... better half we have to fay : Sing , Mufe , the house of poet In higher ftrains than we began . Van Van ( for ' tis fit the reader know it ) Is both a herald and a poet ; No No wonder then if nicely skill'd In both capacities to 42 POEMS ...
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... 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 ancestors did use , Was metamorphos'd ...
... 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 ancestors did use , Was metamorphos'd ...
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... better than his meat ) Was now difpos'd to crack a jeft , And bid friend Lewis * go in queft ( This Lewis is a cunning fhaver , And very much in Harley's favour ) , In queft who might this parfon be , What was his name , of what degree ...
... better than his meat ) Was now difpos'd to crack a jeft , And bid friend Lewis * go in queft ( This Lewis is a cunning fhaver , And very much in Harley's favour ) , In queft who might this parfon be , What was his name , of what degree ...
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