Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Swift. Hammond. Somerville. Parnell. Savage. BroomeSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 |
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... She finish'd here , the Queen of every grace , Difdain vermilioning her heavenly face : Our hearts take fire , and all in tumult rife , And one wish sparkles in a thousand eyes . O ! might fome champion finish these debates ! My fword ...
... She finish'd here , the Queen of every grace , Difdain vermilioning her heavenly face : Our hearts take fire , and all in tumult rife , And one wish sparkles in a thousand eyes . O ! might fome champion finish these debates ! My fword ...
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... It bursts , and in a blaze of light expires , So may the burn , but with more lafting fires . Begin , begin , the ... it , and I priz'd it more Than the rich zone the Idalian Goddess wore : This Ribbon , this lov'd relict of the fair ...
... It bursts , and in a blaze of light expires , So may the burn , but with more lafting fires . Begin , begin , the ... it , and I priz'd it more Than the rich zone the Idalian Goddess wore : This Ribbon , this lov'd relict of the fair ...
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... it ; but it is not to be fuppofed that to the merit of the hero ; neither reafon nor. ( 2 ) When Homer , mentioning Achilles , terms him a lion , this is a metaphor , and the meaning is obvious and true , though the literal fenfe be ...
... it ; but it is not to be fuppofed that to the merit of the hero ; neither reafon nor. ( 2 ) When Homer , mentioning Achilles , terms him a lion , this is a metaphor , and the meaning is obvious and true , though the literal fenfe be ...
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... it , and it is impoffible for a corrupt being to be more excellent than a divine : Succefs implies permiffion , and ... she's aw'd . Foolish creature , Follow nature , Wafte not thus your prime ; Youth's a treafure , Love's a pleafure ...
... it , and it is impoffible for a corrupt being to be more excellent than a divine : Succefs implies permiffion , and ... she's aw'd . Foolish creature , Follow nature , Wafte not thus your prime ; Youth's a treafure , Love's a pleafure ...
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... She's mine , or thine , or ftrolling up and down , Sucks in more filth , than any fink in town , I not deny : This I have faid , ' tis true ; What wrong ! to give so bright a nymph her due . COR . INNA . 10 well Corinna likes the joy , SS ...
... She's mine , or thine , or ftrolling up and down , Sucks in more filth , than any fink in town , I not deny : This I have faid , ' tis true ; What wrong ! to give so bright a nymph her due . COR . INNA . 10 well Corinna likes the joy , SS ...
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