The Works of the English Poets: Buckingham and LansdowneSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... . How great and manly in your lordship is your con- tempt of popular applaufe , and your retired virtue , which fhines only to a few , with whom you live fo cafily and freely , 8 freely , that you make it evident you have [ 6 ]
... . How great and manly in your lordship is your con- tempt of popular applaufe , and your retired virtue , which fhines only to a few , with whom you live fo cafily and freely , 8 freely , that you make it evident you have [ 6 ]
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... virtue which you value fo , Is but a fancy frail and vain ; Nothing is folid here below , Except my love and your difdain . To One who accufed him of being too fenfual in . his Love . THINK not , my fair , ' tis fin or fhame , To blefs ...
... virtue which you value fo , Is but a fancy frail and vain ; Nothing is folid here below , Except my love and your difdain . To One who accufed him of being too fenfual in . his Love . THINK not , my fair , ' tis fin or fhame , To blefs ...
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... virtue the may ftray ; Well - meaning mortals fhould not lose their way . She now indeed fins on the fafer fide , For hearts too loofe are never to be ty'd ; But no extremes are either good or wife , And in the midft alone true virtue ...
... virtue the may ftray ; Well - meaning mortals fhould not lose their way . She now indeed fins on the fafer fide , For hearts too loofe are never to be ty'd ; But no extremes are either good or wife , And in the midft alone true virtue ...
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... virtue to repent a vicious deed : Did he repent , that Paris might fucceed ? Sure ' tis fome fate that fets me above wrongs , Yet ftill expofes me to bufy tongues . I'll not complain , for who's difpleas'd with love , If it fincere ...
... virtue to repent a vicious deed : Did he repent , that Paris might fucceed ? Sure ' tis fome fate that fets me above wrongs , Yet ftill expofes me to bufy tongues . I'll not complain , for who's difpleas'd with love , If it fincere ...
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... virtue more should move ; Oh ! learn of me to want the thing you love . What you defire is fought by all mankind ; As you have eyes , fo others are not blind : Like you they fee , like you my charms adore ; They wish not lefs , but you ...
... virtue more should move ; Oh ! learn of me to want the thing you love . What you defire is fought by all mankind ; As you have eyes , fo others are not blind : Like you they fee , like you my charms adore ; They wish not lefs , but you ...
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