The Works of the English Poets, 39. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 736 pages |
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Page 61
... wooden steed , Pregnant with Grecks impatient to be freed , ( Those bully Greeks , who , as the moderns do , Inftead of paying chairmen , ran them through ) , Laocoon struck the outfide with his fpear , And each imprison'd hero quak'd ...
... wooden steed , Pregnant with Grecks impatient to be freed , ( Those bully Greeks , who , as the moderns do , Inftead of paying chairmen , ran them through ) , Laocoon struck the outfide with his fpear , And each imprison'd hero quak'd ...
Page 65
... wood , That fenfeless in a corner flood , Till , metamorphos'd by his grasp , It grew an all - devouring afp ; Would hifs , and sting , and roll , and twist , By the mere virtue of his fift ; But , when he laid it down , as quick Refum ...
... wood , That fenfeless in a corner flood , Till , metamorphos'd by his grasp , It grew an all - devouring afp ; Would hifs , and sting , and roll , and twist , By the mere virtue of his fift ; But , when he laid it down , as quick Refum ...
Page 67
... wood , Like Sid's , but nothing near fo good ; That down from ancestors divine Transmitted to the hero's line ; Thence , through a long defcent of kings , Came an HEIR - LOOM , as Homer fings . Though this description looks fo big ...
... wood , Like Sid's , but nothing near fo good ; That down from ancestors divine Transmitted to the hero's line ; Thence , through a long defcent of kings , Came an HEIR - LOOM , as Homer fings . Though this description looks fo big ...
Page 89
... wood . Well , now I have all this and more , I ask not to increase my store ; But here a grievance feems to lie , All this is mine but till I die ; 5 10 ' I can't but think ' twould found more clever , To me and to my heirs for ever ...
... wood . Well , now I have all this and more , I ask not to increase my store ; But here a grievance feems to lie , All this is mine but till I die ; 5 10 ' I can't but think ' twould found more clever , To me and to my heirs for ever ...
Page 100
... wooden platter , One is for meal , and one for water : There likewise is a copper skillet , Which runs as faft out as you fill it ; A candlestick , fnuff - dish , and fave - all : And thus his houfho'd - goods you have all , Thefe to ...
... wooden platter , One is for meal , and one for water : There likewise is a copper skillet , Which runs as faft out as you fill it ; A candlestick , fnuff - dish , and fave - all : And thus his houfho'd - goods you have all , Thefe to ...
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