Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page 11
... feems , I was mifinformed , and my reading was not extenfive enough to fet me right . Another correfpondent of yours accufes me of having taken a ballad , I publifhed fome time ago , from one * by the ingenious Mr. Percy . I do not ...
... feems , I was mifinformed , and my reading was not extenfive enough to fet me right . Another correfpondent of yours accufes me of having taken a ballad , I publifhed fome time ago , from one * by the ingenious Mr. Percy . I do not ...
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... feems deftructive of the reft . Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails , And honour finks where commerce long prevails . Hence ev'ry state to one lov'd bleffing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone . Each to the fav ...
... feems deftructive of the reft . Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails , And honour finks where commerce long prevails . Hence ev'ry state to one lov'd bleffing prone , Conforms and models life to that alone . Each to the fav ...
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... feems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrafted faults through all his manners reign , Though poor , luxurious , though fubmissive , vain , Though grave , yet trifling , zealous , yet untrue , And ev❜n in penance planning fins ...
... feems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrafted faults through all his manners reign , Though poor , luxurious , though fubmissive , vain , Though grave , yet trifling , zealous , yet untrue , And ev❜n in penance planning fins ...
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... feems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar , Scoops out an empire and ufurps the fhore . While the pent ocean rifing o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him fmile ; The flow canal , the yellow bloffom'd ...
... feems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar , Scoops out an empire and ufurps the fhore . While the pent ocean rifing o'er the pile , Sees an amphibious world beneath him fmile ; The flow canal , the yellow bloffom'd ...
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... feems t ' have robb'd his vizor from the lion ; Who frowns , and talks , and fwears , with round parade , Looking , as who fhould fay , dam'me ! who's afraid ? Strip but this vizor off , and fure I am You'll find his lionship a very ...
... feems t ' have robb'd his vizor from the lion ; Who frowns , and talks , and fwears , with round parade , Looking , as who fhould fay , dam'me ! who's afraid ? Strip but this vizor off , and fure I am You'll find his lionship a very ...
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