Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... fuch , Tho ' ne'er fo much awake before , That quickly they begin to fnore . Add too , what certain writers tell , With this he drives mens fouls to hell . ; Now to apply , begin we then His wand's a modern author's pen ; The ferpents ...
... fuch , Tho ' ne'er fo much awake before , That quickly they begin to fnore . Add too , what certain writers tell , With this he drives mens fouls to hell . ; Now to apply , begin we then His wand's a modern author's pen ; The ferpents ...
Page 25
... new verfes added , as it paffed through different editions . - We have printed from the ninth , which was the last edition published in the lifetime of the author . But me , not deftin'd fuch delights to fhare , [ 25 ]
... new verfes added , as it paffed through different editions . - We have printed from the ninth , which was the last edition published in the lifetime of the author . But me , not deftin'd fuch delights to fhare , [ 25 ]
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Oliver Goldsmith. But me , not deftin'd fuch delights to fhare , My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care : Impell'd , with fteps unceafing , to pursue Some fleeting good , that mocks me with the view ; That , like the circle ...
Oliver Goldsmith. But me , not deftin'd fuch delights to fhare , My prime of life in wand'ring spent and care : Impell'd , with fteps unceafing , to pursue Some fleeting good , that mocks me with the view ; That , like the circle ...
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... If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that ftimulates the breaft , Becomes a fource of pleasure when redrest . 190 195 200 205 210 Whence from fuch lands each pleasing science flies , 215 THE 31 TRAVELLER .
... If few their wants , their pleasures are but few ; For every want that ftimulates the breaft , Becomes a fource of pleasure when redrest . 190 195 200 205 210 Whence from fuch lands each pleasing science flies , 215 THE 31 TRAVELLER .
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... fuch as play 235 ' Thro ' life's more cultur'd walks , and charm the way , These far difpers'd , on tim'rous pinions fly , To fport and flutter in a kinder sky . 240 To kinder fkies , where gentler manners reign , I turn ; and France ...
... fuch as play 235 ' Thro ' life's more cultur'd walks , and charm the way , These far difpers'd , on tim'rous pinions fly , To fport and flutter in a kinder sky . 240 To kinder fkies , where gentler manners reign , I turn ; and France ...
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