The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 9Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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... fall Rome's bloody facrifice ; You right itepp'd in , and from the moniter's jaws Did bravely fnatch the lovely helpless prize . Nor this is all ; as glorious is the care To preferve conquefts , as at first to gain : In this your virtue ...
... fall Rome's bloody facrifice ; You right itepp'd in , and from the moniter's jaws Did bravely fnatch the lovely helpless prize . Nor this is all ; as glorious is the care To preferve conquefts , as at first to gain : In this your virtue ...
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... fall ! [ fages , More oft ' in fools ' and madmen's hands than She feems a medley of all ages , Ta huge fardingale to fwell her fustian stuff , A new commode , a top - knot , and a ruff , Her face patch'd o'er with modern pedantry ...
... fall ! [ fages , More oft ' in fools ' and madmen's hands than She feems a medley of all ages , Ta huge fardingale to fwell her fustian stuff , A new commode , a top - knot , and a ruff , Her face patch'd o'er with modern pedantry ...
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... fall of coin : For fure ( thought he ) it can't be lefs . My Lord , faid Bush , a friend and I , Difguis'd in two old thread - bare coats , Ere morning dawn , ftole out to spy How markets went for hay and oats . With that he draws two ...
... fall of coin : For fure ( thought he ) it can't be lefs . My Lord , faid Bush , a friend and I , Difguis'd in two old thread - bare coats , Ere morning dawn , ftole out to spy How markets went for hay and oats . With that he draws two ...
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... fall about his ears , Got Hercules to bear the pile , That he might fit and rest a while . Yet Hercules was not fo ftrong , Nor could have borne it half fo long . Great ftatesmen are in this condition ; And Atlas is a politician , A ...
... fall about his ears , Got Hercules to bear the pile , That he might fit and rest a while . Yet Hercules was not fo ftrong , Nor could have borne it half fo long . Great ftatesmen are in this condition ; And Atlas is a politician , A ...
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... fall the tall black Daventry Bird || Speak against peace right many a word ; And some shall admire his conying wit , For many good groats his tongue shall flit . But , fpight of the Harpy that crawls on all four , There shall be peace ...
... fall the tall black Daventry Bird || Speak against peace right many a word ; And some shall admire his conying wit , For many good groats his tongue shall flit . But , fpight of the Harpy that crawls on all four , There shall be peace ...
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