The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... fools admire these Heaven and Angels praise ! ! With riches blest , to Heaven those riches lend , The poor man's guardian , and the good man's friend : Bid virtuous Sorrow smile , scorn'd Merit cheer , And o'er Affliction pour the ...
... fools admire these Heaven and Angels praise ! ! With riches blest , to Heaven those riches lend , The poor man's guardian , and the good man's friend : Bid virtuous Sorrow smile , scorn'd Merit cheer , And o'er Affliction pour the ...
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... fools . Mistaken nymph ! the crowds that gaze Adore thee into shame ; Unguarded beauty is disgrace , And coxcombs , when they praise , defame . O fly such brutes in human shapes , Nor , like th ' Egyptians , worship apes . They wed ...
... fools . Mistaken nymph ! the crowds that gaze Adore thee into shame ; Unguarded beauty is disgrace , And coxcombs , when they praise , defame . O fly such brutes in human shapes , Nor , like th ' Egyptians , worship apes . They wed ...
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... fool to Fame , and his fault was , that he pre- tended to neglect it . His levity and his sullenness were only in ... fools in the world . " All this , while it was likely that the clerks did not know his hand ; he certainly had no more ...
... fool to Fame , and his fault was , that he pre- tended to neglect it . His levity and his sullenness were only in ... fools in the world . " All this , while it was likely that the clerks did not know his hand ; he certainly had no more ...
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... fools , yet God is wise . " This Essay affords an egregious instance of the predominance of genius , the dazzling splendour of imagery , and the seductive powers of eloquence . Never were penury of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment ...
... fools , yet God is wise . " This Essay affords an egregious instance of the predominance of genius , the dazzling splendour of imagery , and the seductive powers of eloquence . Never were penury of knowledge and vulgarity of sentiment ...
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... fools provoke , and dunces urge thy rage , Flecknoe improv'd bites keener in each page . Give o'er , great bard , your fruitless toil give o'er , For still king Tibbald scribbles as before ; Poor Shakespeare suffers by his pen each day ...
... fools provoke , and dunces urge thy rage , Flecknoe improv'd bites keener in each page . Give o'er , great bard , your fruitless toil give o'er , For still king Tibbald scribbles as before ; Poor Shakespeare suffers by his pen each day ...
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