Poems, Том 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... proud Th ' occafion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; fatin smooth , Or velvet foft , or plush with ...
... proud Th ' occafion - for the Fair commands the song . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; fatin smooth , Or velvet foft , or plush with ...
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... proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride fecures The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The pannels , leaving an obscure , rude name , * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . of ...
... proud alcove That crowns it ! yet not all its pride fecures The grand retreat from injuries impress'd By rural carvers , who with knives deface The pannels , leaving an obscure , rude name , * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . of ...
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... concuffion of the storm : He seems indeed indignant , and to feel Th ' impreffion of the blast with proud difdain , Frowning , as if in his unconfcious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His 16 BOOK . I THE TASK .
... concuffion of the storm : He seems indeed indignant , and to feel Th ' impreffion of the blast with proud difdain , Frowning , as if in his unconfcious arm He held the thunder : but the monarch owes His 16 BOOK . I THE TASK .
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... proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , fatisfied with only pencil'd fcenes , Prefer to the performance of a God- Th ' inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the ...
... proud faloons , Renounce the odours of the open field For the unfcented fictions of the loom ; Who , fatisfied with only pencil'd fcenes , Prefer to the performance of a God- Th ' inferior wonders of an artist's hand ! Lovely indeed the ...
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... of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow As to a common and most noisome few'r , The 28 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... of cultivated life Thrive most , and may perhaps thrive only there , Yet not in cities oft : in proud and gay And gain - devoted cities . Thither flow As to a common and most noisome few'r , The 28 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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