Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... hour . His sovereign's right , by patience half betray'd , Waked his avenging genius to his aid . Bless'd Muse ! whose wit with such a cause was crown'd , And bless'd the cause that such a champion found ! With chosen verse upon the foe ...
... hour . His sovereign's right , by patience half betray'd , Waked his avenging genius to his aid . Bless'd Muse ! whose wit with such a cause was crown'd , And bless'd the cause that such a champion found ! With chosen verse upon the foe ...
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... hour the wise Batavian takes , And warns his tattered fleet to follow home , Proud to have so got off with equal stakes , Where ' twas a triumph not to be o'ercome . The General's force , as kept alive by flight , Now not opposed , no ...
... hour the wise Batavian takes , And warns his tattered fleet to follow home , Proud to have so got off with equal stakes , Where ' twas a triumph not to be o'ercome . The General's force , as kept alive by flight , Now not opposed , no ...
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... hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes , And both ( to show his judgment ) in extremes ; So over violent , or over civil , That every man with him was God or devil , In ...
... hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy ! Railing and praising were his usual themes , And both ( to show his judgment ) in extremes ; So over violent , or over civil , That every man with him was God or devil , In ...
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... hour Her wretched remnants of precarious power . One evening , while the cooler shade she sought , Revolving many a melancholy thought , Alone she walk'd , and look'd around in vain , With rueful visage , for her vanish'd train ; None ...
... hour Her wretched remnants of precarious power . One evening , while the cooler shade she sought , Revolving many a melancholy thought , Alone she walk'd , and look'd around in vain , With rueful visage , for her vanish'd train ; None ...
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... hour . You sly she - jockies of the box and pit Are pleased to find a hot unbroken wit : By management he may in time be made , But there's no hopes of an old batter'd jade ; Faint and unnerved he runs into a sweat , And always fails ...
... hour . You sly she - jockies of the box and pit Are pleased to find a hot unbroken wit : By management he may in time be made , But there's no hopes of an old batter'd jade ; Faint and unnerved he runs into a sweat , And always fails ...
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