Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... happy in the selection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmo- ny of his versification ; and , though his embarrassed fitu- ation prevented him from putting the laft hand to many of his productions , his Hermit ...
... happy in the selection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmo- ny of his versification ; and , though his embarrassed fitu- ation prevented him from putting the laft hand to many of his productions , his Hermit ...
Page 23
... happy negligence ! Every abfurdity has now a champion to defend it , and as he is generally much in the wrong , fo he has always much to fay ; for error is ever talkative . BUT there is an enemy to this art ftill more dangerous , I mean ...
... happy negligence ! Every abfurdity has now a champion to defend it , and as he is generally much in the wrong , fo he has always much to fay ; for error is ever talkative . BUT there is an enemy to this art ftill more dangerous , I mean ...
Page 51
... happy land . Proud fwells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And thouting Folly hails them from her fhore ; Hoards , ev'n beyond the mifer's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around . Yet count our gains . This ...
... happy land . Proud fwells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And thouting Folly hails them from her fhore ; Hoards , ev'n beyond the mifer's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around . Yet count our gains . This ...
Page 76
... happy if Woodfall ‡ confefs'd him a wit . Ye news - paper witlings ! ye pert fcribbling folks ! Who copied his fquibs , and re - echoed his jokes ; Ye tame imitators , ye fervile herd , come , * Mr. Caleb Whitefoord , author of many ...
... happy if Woodfall ‡ confefs'd him a wit . Ye news - paper witlings ! ye pert fcribbling folks ! Who copied his fquibs , and re - echoed his jokes ; Ye tame imitators , ye fervile herd , come , * Mr. Caleb Whitefoord , author of many ...
Page 88
... happy . Jar . What it arises from , I don't know . But , to be fure , every body has it , that afks it . Sir Wil . Ay , or that does not afk it . I have been now for fome time a concealed fpectator of his follies , and find them as ...
... happy . Jar . What it arises from , I don't know . But , to be fure , every body has it , that afks it . Sir Wil . Ay , or that does not afk it . I have been now for fome time a concealed fpectator of his follies , and find them as ...
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