The Works of the English Poets, 39. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 736 pages |
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... live , Won't pay th ' impertinence of being known : Elfe why fhould the fam'd Lydian king ( Whom all the charms of an ufurped wife and state , With all that power unfelt courts mankind to be great , Did with new unexperienc'd glories ...
... live , Won't pay th ' impertinence of being known : Elfe why fhould the fam'd Lydian king ( Whom all the charms of an ufurped wife and state , With all that power unfelt courts mankind to be great , Did with new unexperienc'd glories ...
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... live to fee The fatal time when that could be ! ) Have ev'n increas'd their pride and cruelty . Woman feems now above all vanity grown , Still boasting of her great unknown Platonic champions , gain'd without one female wile , Or the ...
... live to fee The fatal time when that could be ! ) Have ev'n increas'd their pride and cruelty . Woman feems now above all vanity grown , Still boasting of her great unknown Platonic champions , gain'd without one female wile , Or the ...
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... lives , Which ftill the fooner it arrives , Although we boaft our winter - fun looks bright , And foolishly are glad to fee it at its height , Yet fo much fooner comes the long and gloomy night . No conqueft ever yet begun , And by one ...
... lives , Which ftill the fooner it arrives , Although we boaft our winter - fun looks bright , And foolishly are glad to fee it at its height , Yet fo much fooner comes the long and gloomy night . No conqueft ever yet begun , And by one ...
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... live among Detractors with an evil tongue , Who may object against the term , Pliny fhall prove what we affirm : Pliny fhall prove , and we'll apply , And I'll be judg'd by ftanders - by . First , then , our author has defin'd This ...
... live among Detractors with an evil tongue , Who may object against the term , Pliny fhall prove what we affirm : Pliny fhall prove , and we'll apply , And I'll be judg'd by ftanders - by . First , then , our author has defin'd This ...
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... need not be afraid , 30 35 40 We are but faints , the hermits faid ; No hurt fhall come to you or yours : But for that pack of churlish boors , VOL . I. 45 Ε Not Not fit to live on Chriftian ground , They and BAUCIS AND PHILEMON . 49.
... need not be afraid , 30 35 40 We are but faints , the hermits faid ; No hurt fhall come to you or yours : But for that pack of churlish boors , VOL . I. 45 Ε Not Not fit to live on Chriftian ground , They and BAUCIS AND PHILEMON . 49.
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