Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... once more upon the world at large , and passed through a num- ber of difficulties in traverfing the greatest part of France . At length his curiofity being gratified , he bent his course towards England , and arrived at Dover , the be ...
... once more upon the world at large , and passed through a num- ber of difficulties in traverfing the greatest part of France . At length his curiofity being gratified , he bent his course towards England , and arrived at Dover , the be ...
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... once I welcome ev'ry fhame , And cancel at three - score a life of fame ; * This tranflation was firft printed in one of our Author's earliest works , The prefent ftate of learning in Europe , 12mos 1759 . & No more my titles fhall ...
... once I welcome ev'ry fhame , And cancel at three - score a life of fame ; * This tranflation was firft printed in one of our Author's earliest works , The prefent ftate of learning in Europe , 12mos 1759 . & No more my titles fhall ...
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... refinement , Painting and Mufic come in for a fhare . As thefe offer the feeble mind a lefs laborious entertainment , they at firft rival Poetry , and at length fupplant her ; they engrofs all that favour once fhewn TO THE.
... refinement , Painting and Mufic come in for a fhare . As thefe offer the feeble mind a lefs laborious entertainment , they at firft rival Poetry , and at length fupplant her ; they engrofs all that favour once fhewn TO THE.
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... once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tyger that seldom defifts from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader who has once ...
... once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tyger that seldom defifts from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader who has once ...
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... once bore fway , Defac'd by time and tott'ring in decay , 155 160 There in the ruin , heedless of the dead , The fhelter - feeking peasant builds his fhed , And , wond'ring man could want the larger pile , Exults , and owns his cottage ...
... once bore fway , Defac'd by time and tott'ring in decay , 155 160 There in the ruin , heedless of the dead , The fhelter - feeking peasant builds his fhed , And , wond'ring man could want the larger pile , Exults , and owns his cottage ...
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