The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, Том 1W. Strahan, 1777 |
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... body's memory , with what ap- plause it was received by the public ; that the firft run of it lafted for a month ; and then stopped , only be- caufe one of the performers became incapable of acting a principal part . The author received ...
... body's memory , with what ap- plause it was received by the public ; that the firft run of it lafted for a month ; and then stopped , only be- caufe one of the performers became incapable of acting a principal part . The author received ...
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... bodies lodge a mighty foul : Each obftinate in arms pursues his blow , ' Till fhameful flight fecures the routed foe , This hot difpute and all this mighty fray A little duft flung upward will allay . } But But when both kings are ...
... bodies lodge a mighty foul : Each obftinate in arms pursues his blow , ' Till fhameful flight fecures the routed foe , This hot difpute and all this mighty fray A little duft flung upward will allay . } But But when both kings are ...
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... bodies to a faithless sky , But make fmall journeys , with a careful wing , And fly to water at a neighb'ring spring ; And left their airy bodies fhould be caft In restless whirls , the sport of ev'ry blast , They carry ftones to poife ...
... bodies to a faithless sky , But make fmall journeys , with a careful wing , And fly to water at a neighb'ring spring ; And left their airy bodies fhould be caft In restless whirls , the sport of ev'ry blast , They carry ftones to poife ...
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... body up , and learns to rife ; From every Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the bee at length appears ; fide the fruitful carcafe pours Its fwarming brood , as thick as fummer fhow'rs , Or flights of ...
... body up , and learns to rife ; From every Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the bee at length appears ; fide the fruitful carcafe pours Its fwarming brood , as thick as fummer fhow'rs , Or flights of ...
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... body tear ? " This the reward for all the fruits I bear , " Tortur'd with rakes , and harafs'd all the year ? " That herbs for cattle daily I renew , " And food for man , and frankincenfe for you ? " But grant me guilty ; what has ...
... body tear ? " This the reward for all the fruits I bear , " Tortur'd with rakes , and harafs'd all the year ? " That herbs for cattle daily I renew , " And food for man , and frankincenfe for you ? " But grant me guilty ; what has ...
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