Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page ix
... pleasure they give in the perufal , are ftriking proofs of their merit . He was a ftudious and correct observer of nature , happy in the selection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmo- ny of his versification ...
... pleasure they give in the perufal , are ftriking proofs of their merit . He was a ftudious and correct observer of nature , happy in the selection of his images , in the choice of his fubjects , and in the harmo- ny of his versification ...
Page 4
... pleasures unallay'd with care , Could any accident impair ? Could Cupid's fhaft at length transfix , Our fwain arriv'd at thirty - fix ? O had the archer ne'er come down To ravage in a country town ! Or Flavia been content to ftop At ...
... pleasures unallay'd with care , Could any accident impair ? Could Cupid's fhaft at length transfix , Our fwain arriv'd at thirty - fix ? O had the archer ne'er come down To ravage in a country town ! Or Flavia been content to ftop At ...
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... 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 gratified his ap- petite with calumny , makes ever after ...
... 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 gratified his ap- petite with calumny , makes ever after ...
Page 31
... 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 .
... 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 .
Page 32
... pleasures cloy , To fill the languid paufe with finer joy ; Unknown those pow'rs that raise the foul to flame , Catch ev'ry nerve , and vibrate through the frame . 220 Their level life is but a mould'ring fire , Unquench'd by want ...
... pleasures cloy , To fill the languid paufe with finer joy ; Unknown those pow'rs that raise the foul to flame , Catch ev'ry nerve , and vibrate through the frame . 220 Their level life is but a mould'ring fire , Unquench'd by want ...
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