The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... thunder fcarr'd : Receives his fentence , and begins his hell . All vengeance paft , now , seems abundant grace : Like meteors in a stormy fky , how roll His baleful eyes ! he curfes whom he dreads ; And deems it the first moment of his ...
... thunder fcarr'd : Receives his fentence , and begins his hell . All vengeance paft , now , seems abundant grace : Like meteors in a stormy fky , how roll His baleful eyes ! he curfes whom he dreads ; And deems it the first moment of his ...
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... thunder their applause ! 365 And the vast void beyond , applause resounds . What then am I ? — Amidft applauding worlds , And worlds celeftial , is there found on earth , A peevish , diffonant , rebellious string , Which jars in the ...
... thunder their applause ! 365 And the vast void beyond , applause resounds . What then am I ? — Amidft applauding worlds , And worlds celeftial , is there found on earth , A peevish , diffonant , rebellious string , Which jars in the ...
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... thunder , as the fun ; a ftagnate mafs Of vapours breeds a peftilential air : Nor more propitious the Favonian breeze 485 To nature's health , than purifying storms ; The dread Volcano minifters to good . Its finother'd flames might ...
... thunder , as the fun ; a ftagnate mafs Of vapours breeds a peftilential air : Nor more propitious the Favonian breeze 485 To nature's health , than purifying storms ; The dread Volcano minifters to good . Its finother'd flames might ...
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... thunder ? Now , Lorenzo ! now , His best friend's couch the rank adulterer Afcends fecure ; and laughs at gods and men . Prepofterous madmen , void of fear or shame , 955 960 Lay their crimes bare to thefe chafte eyes of heaven ; Yet ...
... thunder ? Now , Lorenzo ! now , His best friend's couch the rank adulterer Afcends fecure ; and laughs at gods and men . Prepofterous madmen , void of fear or shame , 955 960 Lay their crimes bare to thefe chafte eyes of heaven ; Yet ...
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... thunder of Omnipotence ( So might I dare to speak ) is seen in All ! In Man ! in Earth ! in more amazing Skies ! Teaching this leffon , Pride is loth to learn- " Not deeply to difcern , not much to know , " Mankind was born to Wonder ...
... thunder of Omnipotence ( So might I dare to speak ) is seen in All ! In Man ! in Earth ! in more amazing Skies ! Teaching this leffon , Pride is loth to learn- " Not deeply to difcern , not much to know , " Mankind was born to Wonder ...
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