The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... praise the work as he likes the author ; he admires a book as an antiquary a medal , solely from the impression of the name , and not from the intrinsic value : the copper of a favourite writer shall be more esteemed than the finest ...
... praise the work as he likes the author ; he admires a book as an antiquary a medal , solely from the impression of the name , and not from the intrinsic value : the copper of a favourite writer shall be more esteemed than the finest ...
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... praise thy name , For ever thee proclaim , Thee everlasting God , the mighty King of Kings . TO BELINDA , ON HER SICKNESS AND RECOVERY . SURE never pain such beauty wore , Or look'd so amiable before ! You graces give to a disease ...
... praise thy name , For ever thee proclaim , Thee everlasting God , the mighty King of Kings . TO BELINDA , ON HER SICKNESS AND RECOVERY . SURE never pain such beauty wore , Or look'd so amiable before ! You graces give to a disease ...
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... 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 on offices and noise ; Or they who till the peaceful fields , And ...
... 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 on offices and noise ; Or they who till the peaceful fields , And ...
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... Praise them - for praise is always true , Though with both eyes the cheat they view . From hateful truths the virgin flies ; But the false sex is caught with lies . POEM ON THE SEAT OF WAR IN FLANDERS , CHIEFLY WITH RELATION TO THE ...
... Praise them - for praise is always true , Though with both eyes the cheat they view . From hateful truths the virgin flies ; But the false sex is caught with lies . POEM ON THE SEAT OF WAR IN FLANDERS , CHIEFLY WITH RELATION TO THE ...
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... praise ; Or carve with fruitless toil , to fame unknown , The mimic feature on the breathing stone ; Mere mortals , subject to Death's total sway , Reptiles of Earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on every heart to grave thy praise ...
... praise ; Or carve with fruitless toil , to fame unknown , The mimic feature on the breathing stone ; Mere mortals , subject to Death's total sway , Reptiles of Earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on every heart to grave thy praise ...
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