The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... late to read this manufcript of heaven , 865 870 Leffon how various ! Not the God alone , I fee His Minifters ; I fee , diffus'd When , like a parchment - fcroll , fhrunk up by flames , It folds Lorenzo's leffon from his fight . 875 In ...
... late to read this manufcript of heaven , 865 870 Leffon how various ! Not the God alone , I fee His Minifters ; I fee , diffus'd When , like a parchment - fcroll , fhrunk up by flames , It folds Lorenzo's leffon from his fight . 875 In ...
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... late autumn wait Of human worth , but ripen foon to gods ? Yet why drown fancy in fuch depths as these ? Return , presumptuous rover ! and confess 1610 The bounds of man ; nor blame them , as too fmall . 1615 Enjoy we not full scope in ...
... late autumn wait Of human worth , but ripen foon to gods ? Yet why drown fancy in fuch depths as these ? Return , presumptuous rover ! and confess 1610 The bounds of man ; nor blame them , as too fmall . 1615 Enjoy we not full scope in ...
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... late arriv'd , How can man's curious spirit not enquire , What are the natives of this world fublime , Of this fo foreign , un - terrestrial sphere , Where mortal , untranslated , never stray'd ? “ O ye , as distant from my little home ...
... late arriv'd , How can man's curious spirit not enquire , What are the natives of this world fublime , Of this fo foreign , un - terrestrial sphere , Where mortal , untranslated , never stray'd ? “ O ye , as distant from my little home ...
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... late airy travel unconfin'd , Have I learn'd nothing ? —Yes , Lorenzo ! This ; 1880 Each of these ftars is a religious house ; I faw their altars fmoke , their incense rife ; And heard Hofannas ring through every sphere , A feminary ...
... late airy travel unconfin'd , Have I learn'd nothing ? —Yes , Lorenzo ! This ; 1880 Each of these ftars is a religious house ; I faw their altars fmoke , their incense rife ; And heard Hofannas ring through every sphere , A feminary ...
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... late ; but draughts Delicious of well - tafted , cordial , reft ; Man's rich restorative ; his balmy bath , That fupples , lubricates , and keeps in play The various movements of this nice machine , Which asks such frequent periods of ...
... late ; but draughts Delicious of well - tafted , cordial , reft ; Man's rich restorative ; his balmy bath , That fupples , lubricates , and keeps in play The various movements of this nice machine , Which asks such frequent periods of ...
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