The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, 33. köide1790 |
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... first defire : Our vanquish'd wills that pleafing force obey , Her goodness takes our liberty away , And haughty Britain yields to arbitrary fway . B 4 } Let Let the young Auftrian then her terrors bear , Great [ 7 ]
... first defire : Our vanquish'd wills that pleafing force obey , Her goodness takes our liberty away , And haughty Britain yields to arbitrary fway . B 4 } Let Let the young Auftrian then her terrors bear , Great [ 7 ]
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English poets. Let the young Auftrian then her terrors bear , Great as he is , her delegate in war : Let him in thunder fpeak to both his Spains , That in thefe dreadful ifles a woman reigns : While the bright queen does on her fubjects ...
English poets. Let the young Auftrian then her terrors bear , Great as he is , her delegate in war : Let him in thunder fpeak to both his Spains , That in thefe dreadful ifles a woman reigns : While the bright queen does on her fubjects ...
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... bear ? Would Ingoldfby or Palmes offend thy ear ? And is there not a found in Marlborough's name , Which thou and all thy brethren ought to claim , Sacred to verfe , and fure of endless fame ? Cutts is in metre something harsh to read ...
... bear ? Would Ingoldfby or Palmes offend thy ear ? And is there not a found in Marlborough's name , Which thou and all thy brethren ought to claim , Sacred to verfe , and fure of endless fame ? Cutts is in metre something harsh to read ...
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... bears : And graceful at his fide his horn he wears . Still to the glade , where she has bent her way , With knowing skill he drives the future prey ; Bids her decline the hill , and shun the brake ; And fhews the path her steed may ...
... bears : And graceful at his fide his horn he wears . Still to the glade , where she has bent her way , With knowing skill he drives the future prey ; Bids her decline the hill , and shun the brake ; And fhews the path her steed may ...
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... bear No thought can figure , and no tongue declare . Ne'er faithful woman felt , nor false one feign'd , The flames which long have in my bofom reign'd : The The God of Love himself inhabits there , With all 50 POEMS . PRIOR'S.
... bear No thought can figure , and no tongue declare . Ne'er faithful woman felt , nor false one feign'd , The flames which long have in my bofom reign'd : The The God of Love himself inhabits there , With all 50 POEMS . PRIOR'S.
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