The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Томове 6–7Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... o'er as fwaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these , And styl'd of War , as well as Peace . ( So fome rats , of amphibious nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our Authors make a doubt Whether he were more wife or ftout ...
... o'er as fwaddle ; Mighty he was at both of these , And styl'd of War , as well as Peace . ( So fome rats , of amphibious nature , Are either for the land or water ) : But here our Authors make a doubt Whether he were more wife or ftout ...
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... o'er the strings , Which was but foufe to chitterlings : For guts , fome write , ere they are fodden , Are fit for mufic or for pudden ; From whence men borrow every kind Of minstrelfy by ftring or wind . His grifly beard was long and ...
... o'er the strings , Which was but foufe to chitterlings : For guts , fome write , ere they are fodden , Are fit for mufic or for pudden ; From whence men borrow every kind Of minstrelfy by ftring or wind . His grifly beard was long and ...
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... o'er the men of ftring ( As once in Perfia , ' tis said , X Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd ) . ; i He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , And wounded fore : his leg then broke , Had got a ...
... o'er the men of ftring ( As once in Perfia , ' tis said , X Kings were proclaim'd by a horse that neigh'd ) . ; i He , bravely vent'ring at a crown , By chance of war was beaten down , And wounded fore : his leg then broke , Had got a ...
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... o'er which they straddle , And every man ate up his faddle ; He was not half fo nice as they , But ate it raw when ' t came in ' s way . 280 He ' ad trac'd the countries far and near , More than Le Blanc the traveller , Who writes , he ...
... o'er which they straddle , And every man ate up his faddle ; He was not half fo nice as they , But ate it raw when ' t came in ' s way . 280 He ' ad trac'd the countries far and near , More than Le Blanc the traveller , Who writes , he ...
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... o'er his brazen arms he held ; But brass was feeble to refift The fury of his armed ' fift ; 15 320 325 330 335 340 Nor Ver . 331. ] Simeon Wait a tinker , as famous an In- dependent preacher as Burroughs ; who , with equal blafphemy to ...
... o'er his brazen arms he held ; But brass was feeble to refift The fury of his armed ' fift ; 15 320 325 330 335 340 Nor Ver . 331. ] Simeon Wait a tinker , as famous an In- dependent preacher as Burroughs ; who , with equal blafphemy to ...
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