Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... Bleft that abode , where want and pain repair , And ev'ry ftranger finds a ready chair : Bleft be those feafts with fimple plenty crown'd , Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jefts or pranks that never fail , Or figh with ...
... Bleft that abode , where want and pain repair , And ev'ry ftranger finds a ready chair : Bleft be those feafts with fimple plenty crown'd , Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jefts or pranks that never fail , Or figh with ...
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... bleft . But where to find that happieft fpot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? 55 бо The fhudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happieft fpot his own , Extols the treasures of his ftormy feas , And ...
... bleft . But where to find that happieft fpot below , Who can direct , when all pretend to know ? 55 бо The fhudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happieft fpot his own , Extols the treasures of his ftormy feas , And ...
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... bleft . Whatever fruits in different climes were found , That proudly rife , or humbly court the ground ; Whatever bloons in torrid tracts appear , Whose bright fucceffion decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets falute the northern sky ...
... bleft . Whatever fruits in different climes were found , That proudly rife , or humbly court the ground ; Whatever bloons in torrid tracts appear , Whose bright fucceffion decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets falute the northern sky ...
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... bleft a life thefe thoughtlefs realms difplay , 255 Thus idly bufy rolls their world away : Theirs are thofe arts that mind to mind endear , For honour forms the focial temper here . Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or ev'n ...
... bleft a life thefe thoughtlefs realms difplay , 255 Thus idly bufy rolls their world away : Theirs are thofe arts that mind to mind endear , For honour forms the focial temper here . Honour , that praise which real merit gains , Or ev'n ...
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... bleft indeed , were fuch without alloy , But fofter'd ev'n by Freedom ills annoy ; That independence Britons prize too high , Keeps man from man , and breaks the focial tie ; 340 The self - dependent lordlings ftand alone , All claims ...
... bleft indeed , were fuch without alloy , But fofter'd ev'n by Freedom ills annoy ; That independence Britons prize too high , Keeps man from man , and breaks the focial tie ; 340 The self - dependent lordlings ftand alone , All claims ...
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