The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... once to inquire of Dr. Warburton , who told me , in his warm language , that he thought the relation given in the note “ a lie ; " but that he was not able to ascertain the several shares . The intelligence which Dr. Warburton could not ...
... once to inquire of Dr. Warburton , who told me , in his warm language , that he thought the relation given in the note “ a lie ; " but that he was not able to ascertain the several shares . The intelligence which Dr. Warburton could not ...
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... once an author is faithfully published , to turn our thoughts from the words to the sentiments , and make them more easy and intelligible . A skill in verbal criticism is in reality but a skill in guessing , and consequently he is the ...
... once an author is faithfully published , to turn our thoughts from the words to the sentiments , and make them more easy and intelligible . A skill in verbal criticism is in reality but a skill in guessing , and consequently he is the ...
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... once it bursts ! in diverse falls On either hand ! it swells in chrystal walls ! Th ' eternal rocks disclose ! the tossing waves Rush in loud thunder from a thousand caves ! Why tremble ye , O faithless ! to behold The opening deeps ...
... once it bursts ! in diverse falls On either hand ! it swells in chrystal walls ! Th ' eternal rocks disclose ! the tossing waves Rush in loud thunder from a thousand caves ! Why tremble ye , O faithless ! to behold The opening deeps ...
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... once is my defence and fame . There are , who with fond transport praise The chariot thundering in the race ; Where conquest won , and palmis bestow'd , Lift the proud mortal to a god . The man who courts the people's voice , And doats ...
... once is my defence and fame . There are , who with fond transport praise The chariot thundering in the race ; Where conquest won , and palmis bestow'd , Lift the proud mortal to a god . The man who courts the people's voice , And doats ...
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... once adorn and load the royal head : Change but the scene , and kings in dust decay , Swept from the Earth , the pageants of a day ; There no distinctions on the dead await , But pompous graves , and rottenness in state . Such now are ...
... once adorn and load the royal head : Change but the scene , and kings in dust decay , Swept from the Earth , the pageants of a day ; There no distinctions on the dead await , But pompous graves , and rottenness in state . Such now are ...
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