The Works of the English Poets: J. Philips, Smith, and PomfretH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Samuel Johnson. THE SPLENDID SHILLING . Sing , heavenly Mufe ! " Things unattempted yet , in profe or rhyme , " A fhilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . HAPPY the man , who , void of cares and ftrife , In filken or in leathern purfe ...
Samuel Johnson. THE SPLENDID SHILLING . Sing , heavenly Mufe ! " Things unattempted yet , in profe or rhyme , " A fhilling , breeches , and chimeras dire . HAPPY the man , who , void of cares and ftrife , In filken or in leathern purfe ...
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... things , often proves Noxious to planted fields , and often men Perceive his influence dire ; fweltering they run To grots , and caves , and the cool umbrage feek Of woven arborets , and oft the rills Still ftreaming fresh revifit , to ...
... things , often proves Noxious to planted fields , and often men Perceive his influence dire ; fweltering they run To grots , and caves , and the cool umbrage feek Of woven arborets , and oft the rills Still ftreaming fresh revifit , to ...
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... things were found ,. And fecret motions ; how with heavy bulk Volatile Hermes , fluid and unmoist , Mounts on the wings of air ; to her we owe The The Indian weed * , unknown to ancient times , 44 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
... things were found ,. And fecret motions ; how with heavy bulk Volatile Hermes , fluid and unmoist , Mounts on the wings of air ; to her we owe The The Indian weed * , unknown to ancient times , 44 J. PHILIPS'S POEMS .
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... things in miniature ? thy fpecular orb Apply to well - dissected kernels ; lo ! Strange forms arife , in each a little plant Unfolds its boughs : obferve the flender threads Of firft beginning trees , their roots , their leaves , In ...
... things in miniature ? thy fpecular orb Apply to well - dissected kernels ; lo ! Strange forms arife , in each a little plant Unfolds its boughs : obferve the flender threads Of firft beginning trees , their roots , their leaves , In ...
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... things , with wife forecast Solicitous of public good ? how large His mind that comprehends whate'er was known To old , or prefent time ; yet not elate , E 4 Nof Not confcious of its skill ? what praise deserves His CY DE R. Book I. 55.
... things , with wife forecast Solicitous of public good ? how large His mind that comprehends whate'er was known To old , or prefent time ; yet not elate , E 4 Nof Not confcious of its skill ? what praise deserves His CY DE R. Book I. 55.
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