Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... Such pleasures unallay'd with care , Could any accident impair ? Could Cupid's fhaft at length transfix , Our fwain arriv'd at thirty - fix ? O had the archer ne'er come down To ravage in a country town ! Or Flavia been content to ftop ...
... Such pleasures unallay'd with care , Could any accident impair ? Could Cupid's fhaft at length transfix , Our fwain arriv'd at thirty - fix ? O had the archer ne'er come down To ravage in a country town ! Or Flavia been content to ftop ...
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... brain of feather ! very right , With wit that's flighty , learning light ; Such as to modern bard's decreed . A just comparison , proceed . 10 15 20 In the next place , his feet perufe , Wings [ 8 ] A New Simile, in the Manner of Swift.
... brain of feather ! very right , With wit that's flighty , learning light ; Such as to modern bard's decreed . A just comparison , proceed . 10 15 20 In the next place , his feet perufe , Wings [ 8 ] A New Simile, in the Manner of Swift.
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... Such petty anecdotes as these are scarce worth printing : and , were it not for the bufy difpofition of fome of your correspondents , the public should never have known that he owes me the hint of his ballad , or that I am obliged to ...
... Such petty anecdotes as these are scarce worth printing : and , were it not for the bufy difpofition of fome of your correspondents , the public should never have known that he owes me the hint of his ballad , or that I am obliged to ...
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... Such readers ge- nerally admire fomne half - witted thing , who wants to be thought a bold man , having loft the character of a wife one . Him they dignify with the name of poet ; his tawdry lampoons are called fatires , his turbulence ...
... Such readers ge- nerally admire fomne half - witted thing , who wants to be thought a bold man , having loft the character of a wife one . Him they dignify with the name of poet ; his tawdry lampoons are called fatires , his turbulence ...
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... Such is the patriot's boaft , where'er we roam , His firft , beft country ever is , at home . And yet , perhaps , if countries we compare , And eftimate the bleffings which they fhare , Tho ' patriots flatter , ftill fhall wisdom find ...
... Such is the patriot's boaft , where'er we roam , His firft , beft country ever is , at home . And yet , perhaps , if countries we compare , And eftimate the bleffings which they fhare , Tho ' patriots flatter , ftill fhall wisdom find ...
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