The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... wealth , We ranfack tombs for pastime ; from the duft Call up the fleeping hero ; bid him tread The scene for our amufement : how like gods We fit ; and , wrapt in immortality , Shed generous tears on wretches born to die ; Their fate ...
... wealth , We ranfack tombs for pastime ; from the duft Call up the fleeping hero ; bid him tread The scene for our amufement : how like gods We fit ; and , wrapt in immortality , Shed generous tears on wretches born to die ; Their fate ...
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... wealth ; And leave to beggar'd minds the pearl and gold . Thy travels doft thou boaft o'er foreign realms ? Thou ftranger to the world ! thy tour begin ; Thy tour through nature's univerfal orb . Nature delineates her whole chart at ...
... wealth ; And leave to beggar'd minds the pearl and gold . Thy travels doft thou boaft o'er foreign realms ? Thou ftranger to the world ! thy tour begin ; Thy tour through nature's univerfal orb . Nature delineates her whole chart at ...
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... wealth , or fame , Range through the faireft , and the Sultan fcorn . He , wife as Thou , no Crefcent holds fo fair , As that , which on his turbant awes a world ; And thinks the Moon is proud to copy him . Look on her , and gain more ...
... wealth , or fame , Range through the faireft , and the Sultan fcorn . He , wife as Thou , no Crefcent holds fo fair , As that , which on his turbant awes a world ; And thinks the Moon is proud to copy him . Look on her , and gain more ...
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... wealth , fame , power ; And laugh to fcorn the fools that aim at more . How muft a fpirit , late efcap'd from earth , Suppofe Philander's , Lucia's , or Narciffa's , The truth of things new - blazing in its eye , Look back , aftonish'd ...
... wealth , fame , power ; And laugh to fcorn the fools that aim at more . How muft a fpirit , late efcap'd from earth , Suppofe Philander's , Lucia's , or Narciffa's , The truth of things new - blazing in its eye , Look back , aftonish'd ...
Page 137
... wealth , fame , power , But what , O death ! through thy approach , Is wifer every hour ; Approach how fwift , how unconfin'd !. Worms feast on viands rare , Thofe little epicures have kings To grace their bill of fare : From kings what ...
... wealth , fame , power , But what , O death ! through thy approach , Is wifer every hour ; Approach how fwift , how unconfin'd !. Worms feast on viands rare , Thofe little epicures have kings To grace their bill of fare : From kings what ...
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