Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page ii
... leave Scotland , in confequence of having engaged himself to pay a confi- derable fum of money for a fellow - ftudent , A FEW days after , about the beginning of the year 1754 , he arrived at Sunderland , near Newcastle , where he was ...
... leave Scotland , in confequence of having engaged himself to pay a confi- derable fum of money for a fellow - ftudent , A FEW days after , about the beginning of the year 1754 , he arrived at Sunderland , near Newcastle , where he was ...
Page vi
... leave himself even without a guinea , in order to fupply the neceflities of others . ANOTHER feature in his character we cannot help laying before the reader . Previous to the publication of his Deferted Village , the book feller had ...
... leave himself even without a guinea , in order to fupply the neceflities of others . ANOTHER feature in his character we cannot help laying before the reader . Previous to the publication of his Deferted Village , the book feller had ...
Page 15
... More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame , 75 " And leaves the wretch to weep C ? " And love is still an emptier found , " THE 15 HERMIT .
... More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame , 75 " And leaves the wretch to weep C ? " And love is still an emptier found , " THE 15 HERMIT .
Page 29
... leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs , not far remov'd the date , 120 125 130 135 When commerce proudly flourish'd through the ftate ; At her command the palace learnt to rife , Again the long - fal'n column fought the fkies ; The ...
... leaves behind ; For wealth was theirs , not far remov'd the date , 120 125 130 135 When commerce proudly flourish'd through the ftate ; At her command the palace learnt to rife , Again the long - fal'n column fought the fkies ; The ...
Page 38
... agonizing wheel , 435 Luke's iron crown , and Damien's bed of steel , To men remote from pow'r but rarely known , Leave reafon , faith , and confcience , all our own . THE DESERTED VILLAGE , A POEM . FIRST PRINTED IN 38 TRAVELLER . THE.
... agonizing wheel , 435 Luke's iron crown , and Damien's bed of steel , To men remote from pow'r but rarely known , Leave reafon , faith , and confcience , all our own . THE DESERTED VILLAGE , A POEM . FIRST PRINTED IN 38 TRAVELLER . THE.
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