The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... Grace the Duke of Buckingham . Prologue to a Play for Mr. Dennis's Benefit , in 1733 , when he was old , blind , and in great Distress , a little before his Death Prologue to Sophonisba ib . ib . ... .......... 281 ib . An Essay on ...
... Grace the Duke of Buckingham . Prologue to a Play for Mr. Dennis's Benefit , in 1733 , when he was old , blind , and in great Distress , a little before his Death Prologue to Sophonisba ib . ib . ... .......... 281 ib . An Essay on ...
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... grace ; So Phoebus to his warmth a glory joins , Blessing the world , and while he blesses shines . 1 The lord Cornwallis , in a most obliging man- ner , recommended the author to the rectory of Pulham . O'er dangerous marshes , or ...
... grace ; So Phoebus to his warmth a glory joins , Blessing the world , and while he blesses shines . 1 The lord Cornwallis , in a most obliging man- ner , recommended the author to the rectory of Pulham . O'er dangerous marshes , or ...
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... grace , and equals art with art ; Transported we survey the dubious strife , While the fair image starts again to life . How long untun'd had Homer's sacred lyre Jarr'd grating discord , all extinct his fire ! This you beheld ; and ...
... grace , and equals art with art ; Transported we survey the dubious strife , While the fair image starts again to life . How long untun'd had Homer's sacred lyre Jarr'd grating discord , all extinct his fire ! This you beheld ; and ...
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... grace resign'd , A thousand to adorn her mind . Youth was her too inflaming time ; This , her more habitable clime : How must she then each heart engage , Who blooms like youth , is wise like age Thus the rich orange - trees produce At ...
... grace resign'd , A thousand to adorn her mind . Youth was her too inflaming time ; This , her more habitable clime : How must she then each heart engage , Who blooms like youth , is wise like age Thus the rich orange - trees produce At ...
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... grace But ah ! how short a date on Earth is given To the most lovely workmanship of Heaven ! Too soon that cheek ... grace to shadows gives ! By whose command the lovely phantom lives ! Smiles with her smiles ! the mimic eye instills A ...
... grace But ah ! how short a date on Earth is given To the most lovely workmanship of Heaven ! Too soon that cheek ... grace to shadows gives ! By whose command the lovely phantom lives ! Smiles with her smiles ! the mimic eye instills A ...
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