The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 15Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... called you , as Claudian calls Mercury , " Numen commune , " gemino faciens commercia mundo . " The better to fatisfy this double obligation , you have early cultivated В 4 the the genius your have to arms , that when the DEDICATION . 7.
... called you , as Claudian calls Mercury , " Numen commune , " gemino faciens commercia mundo . " The better to fatisfy this double obligation , you have early cultivated В 4 the the genius your have to arms , that when the DEDICATION . 7.
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. the genius your have to arms , that when the service of Britain or Ireland shall require your courage and your conduct , you may exert them both to the benefit of either country ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. the genius your have to arms , that when the service of Britain or Ireland shall require your courage and your conduct , you may exert them both to the benefit of either country ...
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... arms as well . Vouchsafe , illuftrious Ormond , to behold What power the charms of beauty had of old ; Nor wonder if fuch deeds of arms were done , Inspir'd by two fair eyes that sparkled like your own . If Chaucer by the best idea ...
... arms as well . Vouchsafe , illuftrious Ormond , to behold What power the charms of beauty had of old ; Nor wonder if fuch deeds of arms were done , Inspir'd by two fair eyes that sparkled like your own . If Chaucer by the best idea ...
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... arms excell'd , The rifing nor the fetting fun beheld . Of Athens he was lord ; much land he won , And added foreign countries to his crown . In Scythia with the warrior queen he strove , Whom firft by force he conquer'd , then by love ...
... arms excell'd , The rifing nor the fetting fun beheld . Of Athens he was lord ; much land he won , And added foreign countries to his crown . In Scythia with the warrior queen he strove , Whom firft by force he conquer'd , then by love ...
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... arms they fought for fame ; Their fwords , their fhields , their furcoats , were the fame . Close by each other laid , they prefs'd the ground , Their manly bofoms pierc'd with many a griefly wound Nor well alive , nor wholly dead they ...
... arms they fought for fame ; Their fwords , their fhields , their furcoats , were the fame . Close by each other laid , they prefs'd the ground , Their manly bofoms pierc'd with many a griefly wound Nor well alive , nor wholly dead they ...
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