The Works of the English Poets, 20. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... whole , who , being too liable to faults himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find , applies to a particular perfon : it is a ...
... whole , who , being too liable to faults himself , ought to be lefs fevere upon the mifcarriages of others . There is a character in this trivial performance , which the town , I find , applies to a particular perfon : it is a ...
Page 13
... whole design , And manly beauty of each nervous line ! Shew how your pointed fatire's sterling wit , Does only knaves or formal blockheads hit ; Who ' re gravely dull , infipidly ferene , And carry all their wifdom in their mien Whom ...
... whole design , And manly beauty of each nervous line ! Shew how your pointed fatire's sterling wit , Does only knaves or formal blockheads hit ; Who ' re gravely dull , infipidly ferene , And carry all their wifdom in their mien Whom ...
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... ftrong . Ver . 101 . VARIATIONS . 85- 90 95 100 105 Thou that would'ft lay whole ftates and regions waste , Sooner than we thy cormorants fhould faft . The The purple conqueror in chains you bind , And are 40 POEMS . GARTH'S.
... ftrong . Ver . 101 . VARIATIONS . 85- 90 95 100 105 Thou that would'ft lay whole ftates and regions waste , Sooner than we thy cormorants fhould faft . The The purple conqueror in chains you bind , And are 40 POEMS . GARTH'S.
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... whole months to flay , I oft ' difpatch'd the patient in a day : With pen in hand I push'd to that degree , I fcarce had left a wretch to give a fee . Some fell by laudanum , and fome by steel , And death in ambush lay in every pill ...
... whole months to flay , I oft ' difpatch'd the patient in a day : With pen in hand I push'd to that degree , I fcarce had left a wretch to give a fee . Some fell by laudanum , and fome by steel , And death in ambush lay in every pill ...
Page 72
... whole coral groves are torn , And ifles of fea - weed on the waves are borne ; Such watery stores from their fpread noftrils fly , ' Tis doubtful which is fea , and which is sky . And now the staggering braves , led by Defpair , Advance ...
... whole coral groves are torn , And ifles of fea - weed on the waves are borne ; Such watery stores from their fpread noftrils fly , ' Tis doubtful which is fea , and which is sky . And now the staggering braves , led by Defpair , Advance ...
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