The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 20. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... ne'er had fire , or elfe whofe fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to tafle . I would a poet , like a mistress , try , Not by her hair , her hand , her nofe , her eye ; But by fome nameless power , to give me joy ...
... ne'er had fire , or elfe whofe fire is past , Muft judge by rules what they want force to tafle . I would a poet , like a mistress , try , Not by her hair , her hand , her nofe , her eye ; But by fome nameless power , to give me joy ...
Page 38
... ne'er convince a fool , himself is fo : He hates realities , and hugs the cheat , And still the only pleasure ' s the deceit . So meteors flatter with a dazzling dye , Which no exiftence has , but in the eye . As diftant profpects ...
... ne'er convince a fool , himself is fo : He hates realities , and hugs the cheat , And still the only pleasure ' s the deceit . So meteors flatter with a dazzling dye , Which no exiftence has , but in the eye . As diftant profpects ...
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... ne'er talk of trade and ftock , but tell How Virgil writ , how bravely Turnus fell . The country - dames drive to Hippolito's , Firft find a fpark , and after lofe a nose . The lawyer for lac'd coat the robe does quit , He grows a ...
... ne'er talk of trade and ftock , but tell How Virgil writ , how bravely Turnus fell . The country - dames drive to Hippolito's , Firft find a fpark , and after lofe a nose . The lawyer for lac'd coat the robe does quit , He grows a ...
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... ne'er alarm , nor doubts control , Rais'd on the pinions of the bounding wind , Out - flew the rack , and left the hours behind . The evening now with blushes warms the air , The fteer refigns the yoke , the hind his care . The clouds ...
... ne'er alarm , nor doubts control , Rais'd on the pinions of the bounding wind , Out - flew the rack , and left the hours behind . The evening now with blushes warms the air , The fteer refigns the yoke , the hind his care . The clouds ...
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... ne'er.complain . What looks difcover , faid the homicide , Would be a fruitless industry to hide . My fafety firft I must confult , and then I'll ferve our fuffering party with my pen . All should , reply'd the Hag , their talent learn ...
... ne'er.complain . What looks difcover , faid the homicide , Would be a fruitless industry to hide . My fafety firft I must confult , and then I'll ferve our fuffering party with my pen . All should , reply'd the Hag , their talent learn ...
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