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... earth ; and the present spirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ( any way ) one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe what I am pretty ...
... earth ; and the present spirit of the learned world is fuch , that to attempt to ferve it ( any way ) one must have the conftancy of a martyr , and a refolution to fuffer for its fake . I could with people would believe what I am pretty ...
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... Earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the gloffy fragments lay , 10 15 And dress'd the rocky shelves , and pav'd the painted bay . Thy treasures next arriv'd : and now we boast A nobler Cargo on our barren coast : From thy ...
... Earth was caft on common fand : Tofs'd up and down the gloffy fragments lay , 10 15 And dress'd the rocky shelves , and pav'd the painted bay . Thy treasures next arriv'd : and now we boast A nobler Cargo on our barren coast : From thy ...
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... earth the flutt'ring Pheasant lie ; His gaudy robes in dazling lines appear , And ev'ry feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the gen'rous courfer by , But while the prancing fteed allures my eye , He ftarts , he's gone ! and ...
... earth the flutt'ring Pheasant lie ; His gaudy robes in dazling lines appear , And ev'ry feather fhines and varies there . Nor can I pass the gen'rous courfer by , But while the prancing fteed allures my eye , He ftarts , he's gone ! and ...
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... earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on ev'ry heart to grave thy praise , A monument which Worth alone can raise : Sure to survive , when time shall whelm in dust The arch , the marble , and the mimic buft : Nor ' till the ...
... earth , and beings of a day ! ' Tis thine , on ev'ry heart to grave thy praise , A monument which Worth alone can raise : Sure to survive , when time shall whelm in dust The arch , the marble , and the mimic buft : Nor ' till the ...
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... earth rocks her coafts , And gloomy Pluto shakes with all his ghofts . To ev'ry theme refponds thy various lay ; Here rowls a torrent , there Meanders play ; 35 40 Sonorous Sonorous as the ftorm thy numbers rife , 45 Tofs ( xxx.
... earth rocks her coafts , And gloomy Pluto shakes with all his ghofts . To ev'ry theme refponds thy various lay ; Here rowls a torrent , there Meanders play ; 35 40 Sonorous Sonorous as the ftorm thy numbers rife , 45 Tofs ( xxx.
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