Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... land . But fmall the blifs that fenfe alone beftows , And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man feems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrafted faults through all his manners reign ...
... land . But fmall the blifs that fenfe alone beftows , And fenfual blifs is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man feems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrafted faults through all his manners reign ...
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... 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 .
... 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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Oliver Goldsmith. Whence from fuch lands each pleasing science flies , 215 That firft excites defire , and then fupplies ... land of mirth and focial eafe , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can pleafe , How often have I led thy ...
Oliver Goldsmith. Whence from fuch lands each pleasing science flies , 215 That firft excites defire , and then fupplies ... land of mirth and focial eafe , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can pleafe , How often have I led thy ...
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... land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it ftrays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; 260 They pleafe , are pleas'd , they give to get efteem , 265 Till , feeming bleft , they grow to what they feem . But while this fofter ...
... land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it ftrays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; 260 They pleafe , are pleas'd , they give to get efteem , 265 Till , feeming bleft , they grow to what they feem . But while this fofter ...
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... land , And , fedulous to ftop the coming tide , Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride . Onward methinks , and diligently flow The firm connected bulwark feems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar , Scoops out an ...
... land , And , fedulous to ftop the coming tide , Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride . Onward methinks , and diligently flow The firm connected bulwark feems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the wat'ry roar , Scoops out an ...
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