The Works of the English Poets, 20. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... fate of empires and of kings ; Great William's victories fhe ' ll next rehearse , And raise a trophy of immortal verse : Thus to your art proportion the defign , And mighty things with mighty numbers join , A fecond Namur , or a future ...
... fate of empires and of kings ; Great William's victories fhe ' ll next rehearse , And raise a trophy of immortal verse : Thus to your art proportion the defign , And mighty things with mighty numbers join , A fecond Namur , or a future ...
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... fate , That great ones may enjoy the world in ftate ; There ftands at dome , majestic to the fight , And fumptuous arches bear its oval height ; * * Old Bailey . ; 10 + College of Phyficians . C 2 A golden A golden globe , plac'd high ...
... fate , That great ones may enjoy the world in ftate ; There ftands at dome , majestic to the fight , And fumptuous arches bear its oval height ; * * Old Bailey . ; 10 + College of Phyficians . C 2 A golden A golden globe , plac'd high ...
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... fate foretell ; Or where stale maids , or meagre eunuchs , dwell ; Tell the bleak fury what new projects reign , Among the homicides of Warwick - lane ; And what th ' event , unless fhe ftrait inclines To blaft their hopes , and baffle ...
... fate foretell ; Or where stale maids , or meagre eunuchs , dwell ; Tell the bleak fury what new projects reign , Among the homicides of Warwick - lane ; And what th ' event , unless fhe ftrait inclines To blaft their hopes , and baffle ...
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... fate brooding in her look ; A bald and bloated toad - ftool rais'd her head ; The plumes of boding ravens were her bed : From her chapp'd noftrils fcalding torrents fall , And her funk eyes boil o'er in floods of gall . Volcanos labour ...
... fate brooding in her look ; A bald and bloated toad - ftool rais'd her head ; The plumes of boding ravens were her bed : From her chapp'd noftrils fcalding torrents fall , And her funk eyes boil o'er in floods of gall . Volcanos labour ...
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... fates deny ? Within this ifle for ever muft I find Difafters to diftract my restlefs mind ? Good Tenifon's celeftial piety At laft has rais'd him to the facred fee . Somers does fickening equity reftore , And helplefs orphans are ...
... fates deny ? Within this ifle for ever muft I find Difafters to diftract my restlefs mind ? Good Tenifon's celeftial piety At laft has rais'd him to the facred fee . Somers does fickening equity reftore , And helplefs orphans are ...
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