A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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... most are valu'd where they best are known . " With ev'ry grace of nature , or of art , " We cannot break one stubborn country heart : " The brutes , infenfible , our pow'r defy : " To love exceeds a ' Squire's capacity . " The town ...
... most are valu'd where they best are known . " With ev'ry grace of nature , or of art , " We cannot break one stubborn country heart : " The brutes , infenfible , our pow'r defy : " To love exceeds a ' Squire's capacity . " The town ...
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... most shall I admire , which worthiest praise , The Hero or the People ? Honour doubts , And weighs their virtues in an equal fcale . Not thus Germania pays th ' uncancell❜d debt Of gratitude to us . Blush , Cæfar , blush , When thou ...
... most shall I admire , which worthiest praise , The Hero or the People ? Honour doubts , And weighs their virtues in an equal fcale . Not thus Germania pays th ' uncancell❜d debt Of gratitude to us . Blush , Cæfar , blush , When thou ...
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... most betrays : Hence by fond dreams of fancy'd pow'r amus'd , When moft you tyrannize you're most abus'd . What is your fex's earliest , latest care , Your heart's fupreme ambition ? To be fair : For this the toilet ev'ry thought ...
... most betrays : Hence by fond dreams of fancy'd pow'r amus'd , When moft you tyrannize you're most abus'd . What is your fex's earliest , latest care , Your heart's fupreme ambition ? To be fair : For this the toilet ev'ry thought ...
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... most abandon'd prostitutes are they , Who not to Love , but Av'rice fall a prey : Nor aught avails the fpecious name of WIFE ; A maid fo wedded , is a WHORE FOR LIFE . Ev'n in the happiest choice , where fav'ring Heav'n Has equal love ...
... most abandon'd prostitutes are they , Who not to Love , but Av'rice fall a prey : Nor aught avails the fpecious name of WIFE ; A maid fo wedded , is a WHORE FOR LIFE . Ev'n in the happiest choice , where fav'ring Heav'n Has equal love ...
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... arraign , Or against his supreme decree With impious grief complain . That all thy full - blown joys at once should fade Was his most righteous will , and be that will obey'd . XIX . Would XIX . Would thy fond love his grace to her [ 77 ]
... arraign , Or against his supreme decree With impious grief complain . That all thy full - blown joys at once should fade Was his most righteous will , and be that will obey'd . XIX . Would XIX . Would thy fond love his grace to her [ 77 ]
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