Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... fame , was not sorry to find his works introduced on the continent in a classical form . Smart proceeded accordingly to translate the Essay on Criticism , of all Pope's writings , perhaps the most unfit for the purpose , but it brought ...
... fame , was not sorry to find his works introduced on the continent in a classical form . Smart proceeded accordingly to translate the Essay on Criticism , of all Pope's writings , perhaps the most unfit for the purpose , but it brought ...
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... fame , A wither'd time - deflower'd old maid , That ne'er enjoy'd love's ever sacred flame . Hypocrisy succeeds with saint - like look , And elevates her hands and plods upon her book . Next comes illiberal scrambling Avarice , Then ...
... fame , A wither'd time - deflower'd old maid , That ne'er enjoy'd love's ever sacred flame . Hypocrisy succeeds with saint - like look , And elevates her hands and plods upon her book . Next comes illiberal scrambling Avarice , Then ...
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... Fame ; name Or in Preferment's list , or that of Away - nor here the fate thou earn'st be- wail , Who canst not buy a vote , nor hast a soul for sale . " Oh Indignation , wherefore wert thou given , If drowsy Patience deaden all thy ...
... Fame ; name Or in Preferment's list , or that of Away - nor here the fate thou earn'st be- wail , Who canst not buy a vote , nor hast a soul for sale . " Oh Indignation , wherefore wert thou given , If drowsy Patience deaden all thy ...
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... fame : Woud'st thou be of posterity the toast ? The poets shall ensure thy name , Who magnitude of mind not body boast . Laurels on bulky bards as rarely grow , As on the sturdy oak the virtuous misletoe . Look in the glass , survey ...
... fame : Woud'st thou be of posterity the toast ? The poets shall ensure thy name , Who magnitude of mind not body boast . Laurels on bulky bards as rarely grow , As on the sturdy oak the virtuous misletoe . Look in the glass , survey ...
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... Fame numbers all the chosen bands , Full in the front fair Vict'ry stands And Triumph crowns the rear . CHORUS . The gallant warriors , & c . & c . VIII . But hark the temple's hollow'd roof resounds , And Purcell lives along the solemn ...
... Fame numbers all the chosen bands , Full in the front fair Vict'ry stands And Triumph crowns the rear . CHORUS . The gallant warriors , & c . & c . VIII . But hark the temple's hollow'd roof resounds , And Purcell lives along the solemn ...
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