The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 21Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... reafon quits . Her empire to confusion , and mifrule , And vain debates ; then twenty tongues at once Confpire in fenfelefs jargon , nought is heard But din , and various clamor , and mad rant : Diftruft , and jealoufy to thefe fucceed ...
... reafon quits . Her empire to confusion , and mifrule , And vain debates ; then twenty tongues at once Confpire in fenfelefs jargon , nought is heard But din , and various clamor , and mad rant : Diftruft , and jealoufy to thefe fucceed ...
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... reafon hates , her rage may act . When barks glide slowly through the lazy main , The baffled pilots turn the helms in vain ; When driven by winds , they cut the foamy way , The rudders govern , and the ships obey . THE END OF THE FIRST ...
... reafon hates , her rage may act . When barks glide slowly through the lazy main , The baffled pilots turn the helms in vain ; When driven by winds , they cut the foamy way , The rudders govern , and the ships obey . THE END OF THE FIRST ...
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... reafon all her paffion sway : Easy in company , in private gay : Coy to a fop , to the deferving free ; Still conftant to herself , and just to me . } • A foul the fhould have for great actions fit Still 218 POMFRET'S POEM S.
... reafon all her paffion sway : Easy in company , in private gay : Coy to a fop , to the deferving free ; Still conftant to herself , and just to me . } • A foul the fhould have for great actions fit Still 218 POMFRET'S POEM S.
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... Reafon , which you ' ve oft defpis'd I am that Reason , which you never priz'd : And though my argument fuccefsless prove , ( For Reason feems impertinence in love ) Yet I'll not fee my charge ( for all mankind Are to my guardianfhip by ...
... Reafon , which you ' ve oft defpis'd I am that Reason , which you never priz'd : And though my argument fuccefsless prove , ( For Reason feems impertinence in love ) Yet I'll not fee my charge ( for all mankind Are to my guardianfhip by ...
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... Reafon do prevail , I may be , fure , from rigid cenfures free , Love was my foe ; and Love's a deity . Then he rejoin'd ; may you fuccessful prove , In your attempt to curb impetuous Love : Then will proud passion on her rightful lord ...
... Reafon do prevail , I may be , fure , from rigid cenfures free , Love was my foe ; and Love's a deity . Then he rejoin'd ; may you fuccessful prove , In your attempt to curb impetuous Love : Then will proud passion on her rightful lord ...
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Страница 319 - But whither then we go, Whither, we fain would know ; But human underftanding cannot mew. This makes us tremble, and creates Strange apprehenfions in the mind ; Fills it with reftlefs doubts, and wild debates^ Concerning what we, living, cannot find. None know what death is, but the dead