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... thefe Trifles by Prefaces , byaft by recommen- dations , dazled with the names of great Pa- ( trons , wheedled with fine reasons and pretences , or troubled with excufes . I confefs it was want of confideration that made me an author ...
... thefe Trifles by Prefaces , byaft by recommen- dations , dazled with the names of great Pa- ( trons , wheedled with fine reasons and pretences , or troubled with excufes . I confefs it was want of confideration that made me an author ...
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... thefe writings ; not fo much as wish- ing fo irrational a thing , as that every body should be deceiv'd merely for my credit . However , I defire it may then be confider'd , that there are very few things in this collection which were ...
... thefe writings ; not fo much as wish- ing fo irrational a thing , as that every body should be deceiv'd merely for my credit . However , I defire it may then be confider'd , that there are very few things in this collection which were ...
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... thefe dreams by thy commanding ftrain , I rife , and wander thro ' the field or plain ; Led by thy Mufe from sport to sport I run , Mark the ftretch'd line , or hear the thund'ring gun . 75 Ah ! how I melt with pity , when I spy On the ...
... thefe dreams by thy commanding ftrain , I rife , and wander thro ' the field or plain ; Led by thy Mufe from sport to sport I run , Mark the ftretch'd line , or hear the thund'ring gun . 75 Ah ! how I melt with pity , when I spy On the ...
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... harmonious maids , Of old affembled in the Thespian fhades ; What theme , they cry'd , what high immortal air , Befit thefe harps to found , and thee to hear ? Reply'd IQ Reply'd the God ; " Your loftieft notes employ ( xxiv )
... harmonious maids , Of old affembled in the Thespian fhades ; What theme , they cry'd , what high immortal air , Befit thefe harps to found , and thee to hear ? Reply'd IQ Reply'd the God ; " Your loftieft notes employ ( xxiv )
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... thefe ; and fee how they contend , Who most shall praife , who beft shall recommend ? The Chariot now the painful steep afcends ; The Peans ceafe ; thy glorious labour ends . Here fix'd , the bright eternal Temple ftands , Its profpect ...
... thefe ; and fee how they contend , Who most shall praife , who beft shall recommend ? The Chariot now the painful steep afcends ; The Peans ceafe ; thy glorious labour ends . Here fix'd , the bright eternal Temple ftands , Its profpect ...
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