A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... means procured himself the appointment of ambaffador to feveral foreign courts , where he acquitted himself with great ability and fuccefs . He died at Chelfea in the year 1707 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey . • At the battle of ...
... means procured himself the appointment of ambaffador to feveral foreign courts , where he acquitted himself with great ability and fuccefs . He died at Chelfea in the year 1707 , and was buried in Westminster Abbey . • At the battle of ...
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With Notes. Let the faint copier , on old Tyber's fhore , ( Nor mean the tafk ) each breathing but explore , Line after line with painful patience trace , This Roman grandeur , that Athenian grace : Vain care of parts ; if , impotent of ...
With Notes. Let the faint copier , on old Tyber's fhore , ( Nor mean the tafk ) each breathing but explore , Line after line with painful patience trace , This Roman grandeur , that Athenian grace : Vain care of parts ; if , impotent of ...
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... Mean - while driv'n back to earth , a lonely way The cheerless Albion wander'd half the day , A long , long journey , choak'd with brakes and thorns , Ill - meafur'd by ten thoufand barley - corns . Tir'd out at length , a spreading ...
... Mean - while driv'n back to earth , a lonely way The cheerless Albion wander'd half the day , A long , long journey , choak'd with brakes and thorns , Ill - meafur'd by ten thoufand barley - corns . Tir'd out at length , a spreading ...
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... Mean - while fad Kenna , loth to quit the grove , Hung o'er the body of her breathless love , Try'd every art ( vain arts ! ) to change his doom , And vow'd ( vain vows ! ) to join him in the tomb , What could she do ? the Fates alike ...
... Mean - while fad Kenna , loth to quit the grove , Hung o'er the body of her breathless love , Try'd every art ( vain arts ! ) to change his doom , And vow'd ( vain vows ! ) to join him in the tomb , What could she do ? the Fates alike ...
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... The tuneful fifters ftill purfue their trade , Like Philomela darkling in the shade . Poor Trott attends , forgetful of a fare , And hums in concert o'er his empty chair . Mean Mean while , regardlefs of the royal caufe , His [ 72 ]
... The tuneful fifters ftill purfue their trade , Like Philomela darkling in the shade . Poor Trott attends , forgetful of a fare , And hums in concert o'er his empty chair . Mean Mean while , regardlefs of the royal caufe , His [ 72 ]
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