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... former Edd . thus , Where wave the tatter'd enfigns of Rag - fair , A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air ; Keen hollow winds howl thro ' the bleak recefs , Emblem of Mufic caus'd by Emptiness ; Here in one bed two fhiv'ring Sifters lie ...
... former Edd . thus , Where wave the tatter'd enfigns of Rag - fair , A yawning ruin hangs and nods in air ; Keen hollow winds howl thro ' the bleak recefs , Emblem of Mufic caus'd by Emptiness ; Here in one bed two fhiv'ring Sifters lie ...
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... former Edd . thus , But chief , in Tibbald's monfter - breeding breast ; Sees Gods with Dæmons in ftrange league ingage , And earth , and heav'n , and hell her battles wage . She ey'd the Bard , where fupperlefs he fate , And pin'd ...
... former Edd . thus , But chief , in Tibbald's monfter - breeding breast ; Sees Gods with Dæmons in ftrange league ingage , And earth , and heav'n , and hell her battles wage . She ey'd the Bard , where fupperlefs he fate , And pin'd ...
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... old bodies of Divinity , old Commentaries , old English Printers , or old English Translations ; all very voluminous ... former Edd . The page admires new beauties not it's own . Miraturque novas frondes non fua poma . Virg . Geor , it 8 ...
... old bodies of Divinity , old Commentaries , old English Printers , or old English Translations ; all very voluminous ... former Edd . The page admires new beauties not it's own . Miraturque novas frondes non fua poma . Virg . Geor , it 8 ...
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... former Edd . And laft , a little Ajax tips the Spire . 161 Var . a little Ajax ] in duodecimo , tranflated from ... old cause I yet defend 96 Book 1 . THE DUNCIAD .
... former Edd . And laft , a little Ajax tips the Spire . 161 Var . a little Ajax ] in duodecimo , tranflated from ... old cause I yet defend 96 Book 1 . THE DUNCIAD .
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... former Edd . Ah ! ftill o'er Britain ftretch that peaceful wand , Which lulls th ' Helvetian and Batavian land ... Old puns reftore , loft blunders nicely seek , And crucify poor Shakespear once a week . For thee fupplying , in the worst ...
... former Edd . Ah ! ftill o'er Britain ftretch that peaceful wand , Which lulls th ' Helvetian and Batavian land ... Old puns reftore , loft blunders nicely seek , And crucify poor Shakespear once a week . For thee fupplying , in the worst ...
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