The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 32–34. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... must display His powers in equal ranks , and fair array , VARIATION . After ver . 158. the first edition reads , But care in poetry must still be had , It afks difcretion ev'n in running mad ; And though the ancients , & c . 175 But And ...
... must display His powers in equal ranks , and fair array , VARIATION . After ver . 158. the first edition reads , But care in poetry must still be had , It afks difcretion ev'n in running mad ; And though the ancients , & c . 175 But And ...
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... must speak ; Silence would fwell me , and my heart would break . Know then , I scorn your dull authorities , Your idle wits , and all their learned lies . By Heaven , those authors are our fex's foes , Whom , in our right , I must ...
... must speak ; Silence would fwell me , and my heart would break . Know then , I scorn your dull authorities , Your idle wits , and all their learned lies . By Heaven , those authors are our fex's foes , Whom , in our right , I must ...
Page 258
... must always languish on my face , Your tongue with conftant flatteries feed my ear , And tag each fentence with , My life ! my dear ! If , by strange chance , a modest blush be rais'd , Be fure my fine complexion must be prais'd . 110 ...
... must always languish on my face , Your tongue with conftant flatteries feed my ear , And tag each fentence with , My life ! my dear ! If , by strange chance , a modest blush be rais'd , Be fure my fine complexion must be prais'd . 110 ...
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... must form the best , Where all must full or not coherent be , 45 And all that rifes , rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reasoning life , ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , fuch a rank as Man : And all the question ...
... must form the best , Where all must full or not coherent be , 45 And all that rifes , rise in due degree ; Then , in the scale of reasoning life , ' tis plain , There must be , somewhere , fuch a rank as Man : And all the question ...
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... must merit God's peculiar care ! But who , but God , can tell us who they are ? One thinks on Calvin Heaven's own Spirit fell ; Another deems him inftrument of hell ; 135 If Calvin feel Heaven's blessing , or its rod , This cries there ...
... must merit God's peculiar care ! But who , but God , can tell us who they are ? One thinks on Calvin Heaven's own Spirit fell ; Another deems him inftrument of hell ; 135 If Calvin feel Heaven's blessing , or its rod , This cries there ...
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beſt bleſt cauſe charms cloſe Court Dæmon deſign Dulneſs Dunciad eaſe EPISTLE eſt ev'n eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire filent fince fing fire firſt flame fome fool foul fuch fure grace heart Heaven Hero honour houſe inſpire itſelf juſt King laſt leſs Lord lov'd mihi moſt Muſe muſic muſt Nature numbers Nymph o'er obſerve Paffion paſs Paſſion paſt perſons pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet Pope praiſe preſent pride publiſhed quae Quid quod rage raiſe Reaſon reſt rife riſe roſe Sappho Satire ſay ſcarce ſcene ſcorn ſee ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhine ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrain ſtreams ſtrong ſubject ſuch ſwell taſte thee theſe thoſe thou tibi Twas uſe VARIATION verſe Virtue whoſe wife
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Page 140 - If on a pillory, or near a throne, He gain his prince's ear, or lose his own. Yet soft by nature, more a dupe than wit, Sappho can tell you how this man was bit...