Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... Say , fhould the philofophic mind disdain 25 30 35 That good , which makes each humbler bofom vain ? 40 Let fchool - taught pride diffemble all it can , Thefe little things are great to little man ; And wifer he , whofe fympathetic mind ...
... Say , fhould the philofophic mind disdain 25 30 35 That good , which makes each humbler bofom vain ? 40 Let fchool - taught pride diffemble all it can , Thefe little things are great to little man ; And wifer he , whofe fympathetic mind ...
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... SAY , cruel Iris , pretty rake , Dear mercenary beauty , What annual off ring fhall I make Expreffive of my duty ? My heart , a victim to thine eyes , Should I at once deliver , Say , would the angry Fair One prize The gift , who ...
... SAY , cruel Iris , pretty rake , Dear mercenary beauty , What annual off ring fhall I make Expreffive of my duty ? My heart , a victim to thine eyes , Should I at once deliver , Say , would the angry Fair One prize The gift , who ...
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... Say , where has our poet this malady caught ? Or , wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say , was it that vainly directing his view To find out mens virtues , and finding them few , Quite fick of purfuing each troublesome elf ...
... Say , where has our poet this malady caught ? Or , wherefore his characters thus without fault ? Say , was it that vainly directing his view To find out mens virtues , and finding them few , Quite fick of purfuing each troublesome elf ...
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... angry tale , For that bleft year when all that vote may rail ; Their fchemes of fpite the poet's foes dismiss , Till that glad night , when all that hate may hiss . This day the powder'd curls and golden coat , Says [ 85 ]
... angry tale , For that bleft year when all that vote may rail ; Their fchemes of fpite the poet's foes dismiss , Till that glad night , when all that hate may hiss . This day the powder'd curls and golden coat , Says [ 85 ]
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Oliver Goldsmith. This day the powder'd curls and golden coat , Says fwelling Crifpin , begg❜d a cobler's vote . This night , our wit , the pert apprentice cries , Lies at my feet , I hiss him , and he dies . The great , ' tis true ...
Oliver Goldsmith. This day the powder'd curls and golden coat , Says fwelling Crifpin , begg❜d a cobler's vote . This night , our wit , the pert apprentice cries , Lies at my feet , I hiss him , and he dies . The great , ' tis true ...
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