Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page vii
... Just before his death he had formed a defign for ex- ecuting an univerfal dictionary of arts and fciences , the prospectus of which he actually printed and diftributed among his acquaintance . In this work feveral of his lite- rary ...
... Just before his death he had formed a defign for ex- ecuting an univerfal dictionary of arts and fciences , the prospectus of which he actually printed and diftributed among his acquaintance . In this work feveral of his lite- rary ...
Page 8
... ! 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.
... ! 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.
Page 36
... just experience tells , in ev'ry foil , That those who think muft govern thofe that toil And all that freedom's highest aims can reach , Is but to lay proportioned loads on each . ; 360 365 370 Hence , fhould one order difproportion'd ...
... just experience tells , in ev'ry foil , That those who think muft govern thofe that toil And all that freedom's highest aims can reach , Is but to lay proportioned loads on each . ; 360 365 370 Hence , fhould one order difproportion'd ...
Page 46
... fober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noify geefe that gabbled o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school ; 110 115 I 20 The watch - dog's voice that bay'd the whifp'ring wind 46 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
... fober herd that low'd to meet their young ; The noify geefe that gabbled o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school ; 110 115 I 20 The watch - dog's voice that bay'd the whifp'ring wind 46 THE DESERTED VILLAGE .
Page 62
... just as he lik'd best . Of the neck and the breaft I had next to difpofe ; ' Twas a neck and a breaft that might rival Monroe's : But in parting with these I was puzzled again , 25 With the - how , and the who , and the where and the ...
... just as he lik'd best . Of the neck and the breaft I had next to difpofe ; ' Twas a neck and a breaft that might rival Monroe's : But in parting with these I was puzzled again , 25 With the - how , and the who , and the where and the ...
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