Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... must own , whenever I attempted to entertain perfons of a higher rank , they always thought my per- formance odious , and never made me any return for endeavours to please them . ' my On his arrival at Geneva , he was recommended as a ...
... must own , whenever I attempted to entertain perfons of a higher rank , they always thought my per- formance odious , and never made me any return for endeavours to please them . ' my On his arrival at Geneva , he was recommended as a ...
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... must be mine ; Him I obey , whom Heav'n itself obeys , Hopeless of pleasing , yet inclined to please . Here then at once I welcome ev'ry fhame , And cancel at three - score a life of fame ; * This tranflation was firft printed in one of ...
... must be mine ; Him I obey , whom Heav'n itself obeys , Hopeless of pleasing , yet inclined to please . Here then at once I welcome ev'ry fhame , And cancel at three - score a life of fame ; * This tranflation was firft printed in one of ...
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... must ruin all below . 375 O then how blind to all that truth requires , Who think it freedom when a part afpires ! Calm is my foul nor apt to rife in arms , Except when faft approaching danger warms : But when contending chiefs blockade ...
... must ruin all below . 375 O then how blind to all that truth requires , Who think it freedom when a part afpires ! Calm is my foul nor apt to rife in arms , Except when faft approaching danger warms : But when contending chiefs blockade ...
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... must be indulged at prefent in following my affections . The only dedication I ever made was to my brother , because I loved him better than most other men . He is fince How far you may dead . Permit me to infcribe this poem to you . be ...
... must be indulged at prefent in following my affections . The only dedication I ever made was to my brother , because I loved him better than most other men . He is fince How far you may dead . Permit me to infcribe this poem to you . be ...
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... must be mine , How bleft is he who crowns in fhades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try , And , fince ' tis hard to combat , learns to fly ! For him no wretches , born to ...
... must be mine , How bleft is he who crowns in fhades like these , A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try , And , fince ' tis hard to combat , learns to fly ! For him no wretches , born to ...
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