The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... honour to be regarded by a person of so distinguished a character : I am proud of it , and , not being of a nature to be content with a silent gra- titude , am not deterred from owning it , though it be liable to be miscalled vanity ...
... honour to be regarded by a person of so distinguished a character : I am proud of it , and , not being of a nature to be content with a silent gra- titude , am not deterred from owning it , though it be liable to be miscalled vanity ...
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... honour ; in your private , you attract love and esteem : the nobler parts of your life will be the subject of the historian ; and the actions of the great statesman and patriot will adorn many pages of our future annals : but the ...
... honour ; in your private , you attract love and esteem : the nobler parts of your life will be the subject of the historian ; and the actions of the great statesman and patriot will adorn many pages of our future annals : but the ...
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... honour'd name At once is my defence and fame . There are , who with fond transport praise The chariot thundering in ... honour , as in place , ye great , transcend ! An angel fall'n , degenerates to a fiend : Th ' all - chearing Sun is ...
... honour'd name At once is my defence and fame . There are , who with fond transport praise The chariot thundering in ... honour , as in place , ye great , transcend ! An angel fall'n , degenerates to a fiend : Th ' all - chearing Sun is ...
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... Honour's laws , at best but lovely Vice . Charms it like Venus with celestial air ? Ev'n Venus is but scandalously fair ; But when strict honour with fair features joins , Like heat and light , at once it warms and shines . VARIATION ...
... Honour's laws , at best but lovely Vice . Charms it like Venus with celestial air ? Ev'n Venus is but scandalously fair ; But when strict honour with fair features joins , Like heat and light , at once it warms and shines . VARIATION ...
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... honour o'er the surgy main , Or sheath'd in horrid arms rush dreadful to the plain ! Thee , shepherd , thee the pleasurable woods , The painted meadows , and the crystal floods , Claim and invite to bless their sweet abodes . There ...
... honour o'er the surgy main , Or sheath'd in horrid arms rush dreadful to the plain ! Thee , shepherd , thee the pleasurable woods , The painted meadows , and the crystal floods , Claim and invite to bless their sweet abodes . There ...
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