The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Том 631790 |
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... look pleas'd , our feafons fmile : For thee , late object of our tender fears , When thy life droop'd , and Britain was in tears , VOL . LXIII . C All- All - chearing Health , the goddess rofy - fair TO THE PRINCE OF ORANGE . 17.
... look pleas'd , our feafons fmile : For thee , late object of our tender fears , When thy life droop'd , and Britain was in tears , VOL . LXIII . C All- All - chearing Health , the goddess rofy - fair TO THE PRINCE OF ORANGE . 17.
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... Look'd - juft as coxcombs look on earth : Then rais'd his chin , then cock'd his hat , To grace this common - place chit - chat ; How ! on the wing , by break of dawn ! Dear brother - there he forc'd a yawn- To tell men , funk in fteep ...
... Look'd - juft as coxcombs look on earth : Then rais'd his chin , then cock'd his hat , To grace this common - place chit - chat ; How ! on the wing , by break of dawn ! Dear brother - there he forc'd a yawn- To tell men , funk in fteep ...
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... look of arch grimace , He took his penitential face : Said , ' twas , perhaps , the furer play , 85 90 95 To give your grave good fouls their way : That , as true humour was grown fcarce , He chose to see a fober farce ; For , of all ...
... look of arch grimace , He took his penitential face : Said , ' twas , perhaps , the furer play , 85 90 95 To give your grave good fouls their way : That , as true humour was grown fcarce , He chose to see a fober farce ; For , of all ...
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... look and happier air . But Hymen , fpeeding forward ftill , Obferv'd * a man on Richmond - hill , Who now firft tries a country life ; Perhaps , to fit him for a wife . But , though not much on this he reckon❜d , The paffing god look'd ...
... look and happier air . But Hymen , fpeeding forward ftill , Obferv'd * a man on Richmond - hill , Who now firft tries a country life ; Perhaps , to fit him for a wife . But , though not much on this he reckon❜d , The paffing god look'd ...
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... looks right on before his nofe ; And holds it little less than treason , 155 To baulk his ftomach or his reafon . 160 True to his mistress and his meat , He eats to love , and loves to eat . The late General Skelton . He had just then ...
... looks right on before his nofe ; And holds it little less than treason , 155 To baulk his ftomach or his reafon . 160 True to his mistress and his meat , He eats to love , and loves to eat . The late General Skelton . He had just then ...
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afcending amid Amyntor arts aſk beauty behold bleft bloom bluſhing bofom boundleſs breaſt charms cloud courſe croud delight diftant divine earth eternal facred fafe fair fame fancy fate fcenes fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhore fighs filence firft firſt fix'd flame fmiles foft fome fong fons forrow foul ftill ftorm ftream fublime fuch funk fupreme grace hand heart heaven himſelf honour hour human juft laft laſt lefs light LXIII lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe muſt nature nature's night o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pomp praife praiſe rais'd reafon ridiculous rife round ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſky ſmile ſpace ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill taſk tears thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil truth univerfal uſe virtue voice weft whofe whoſe wiſdom youth
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