The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... 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 SIEGES : - WITH THE PRAISE OF PEACE AND ...
... 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 SIEGES : - WITH THE PRAISE OF PEACE AND ...
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... true friendship. Embody'd stood , pursued his dreadful way : His host his step attends : now glows the war ; Horse treads on horse ; and man , encountering man , Swelis the dire field with death : the plunging steeds Beat the firm glebes ...
... true friendship. Embody'd stood , pursued his dreadful way : His host his step attends : now glows the war ; Horse treads on horse ; and man , encountering man , Swelis the dire field with death : the plunging steeds Beat the firm glebes ...
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Alexander Chalmers. Where now , oh ! where shall I true friendship find | And fearless marks the comet's dreadful blaze , Among the treacherous race of base mankind ? Whom , whom consult in all th ' uncertain ways Of various life ...
Alexander Chalmers. Where now , oh ! where shall I true friendship find | And fearless marks the comet's dreadful blaze , Among the treacherous race of base mankind ? Whom , whom consult in all th ' uncertain ways Of various life ...
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... true ? O ! Heaven ! from jealousy my bosom save ! Cruel as Death , insatiate as the Grave ! Ye powers ! of all the ills that ever curst Our sex , sure man , dissembling man is worst ! Like forward boys , awhile in wanton play , He ...
... true ? O ! Heaven ! from jealousy my bosom save ! Cruel as Death , insatiate as the Grave ! Ye powers ! of all the ills that ever curst Our sex , sure man , dissembling man is worst ! Like forward boys , awhile in wanton play , He ...
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... true , I have some doubt ; for at Paris , a few years ago , a niece of Mrs. Fermor , who presided in an English convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed to ...
... true , I have some doubt ; for at Paris , a few years ago , a niece of Mrs. Fermor , who presided in an English convent , mentioned Pope's work with very little gratitude , rather as an insult than an honour ; and she may be supposed to ...
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