The Works of the English Poets: Denham and SprattH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... themselves away , And even that power , that should deny , betray , " Who gives conftrain'd , but his own fear reviles , ' " Not thank'd , but fcorn'd ; nor are they gifts , but fpoils . " Thus kings , by grafping more than they could ...
... themselves away , And even that power , that should deny , betray , " Who gives conftrain'd , but his own fear reviles , ' " Not thank'd , but fcorn'd ; nor are they gifts , but fpoils . " Thus kings , by grafping more than they could ...
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... to quench it there , And wifely loft that nation : To do as crafty beggars use , To maim themselves , thereby t ' abuse The fimple man's compaffion . Have I fo often paft between Windfor and Westminster , Have DENHA M'S POE M S. 59.
... to quench it there , And wifely loft that nation : To do as crafty beggars use , To maim themselves , thereby t ' abuse The fimple man's compaffion . Have I fo often paft between Windfor and Westminster , Have DENHA M'S POE M S. 59.
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... themselves above All other men , themfelves can only love ; Reason and virtue , all that man can boast O'er other creatures , in thofe brutes are loft . Obferve ( if thee this fatal error touch , Thou to thyfelf contributing too much ) ...
... themselves above All other men , themfelves can only love ; Reason and virtue , all that man can boast O'er other creatures , in thofe brutes are loft . Obferve ( if thee this fatal error touch , Thou to thyfelf contributing too much ) ...
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... Themselves with doubt both day and night perplex , Nor gentle reader please , or teach , but vex . Books should to one of these four ends conduce , For wisdom , picty , delight , or use . What need we gaze upon the spangled sky ? Or ...
... Themselves with doubt both day and night perplex , Nor gentle reader please , or teach , but vex . Books should to one of these four ends conduce , For wisdom , picty , delight , or use . What need we gaze upon the spangled sky ? Or ...
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... themselves their age abuse ; Elfe this might me concern , and all my friends , Whose chearful age , with honour , youth attends , Joy'd that from pleasure's flavery they are free , And all refpects due to their age they fee , In its ...
... themselves their age abuse ; Elfe this might me concern , and all my friends , Whose chearful age , with honour , youth attends , Joy'd that from pleasure's flavery they are free , And all refpects due to their age they fee , In its ...
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Страница 335 - If those gross faults his choice pen doth commit Proceed from want of judgment, or of wit ? Or if his lumpish fancy does refuse Spirit and grace to his loose slattern Muse ? Five hundred verses every morning writ, Prove him no more a poet than a wit...
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