Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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... those Essays and Tales , which he afterwards col- lected and published in a feparate volume . He also wrote oc- cafionally , for the Critical Review ; and it was the merit which he discovered in criticising a despicable tranflation of ...
... those Essays and Tales , which he afterwards col- lected and published in a feparate volume . He also wrote oc- cafionally , for the Critical Review ; and it was the merit which he discovered in criticising a despicable tranflation of ...
Page vii
... those who were unprincipled enough to take advantage of his ignorance . Just before his death he had formed a defign for ex- ecuting an univerfal dictionary of arts and fciences , the prospectus of which he actually printed and ...
... those who were unprincipled enough to take advantage of his ignorance . Just before his death he had formed a defign for ex- ecuting an univerfal dictionary of arts and fciences , the prospectus of which he actually printed and ...
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... those who prize the paltry things , " 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 ...
... those who prize the paltry things , " 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 ...
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... those feafts with fimple plenty crown'd , Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jefts or pranks that never fail , Or figh with pity at fome mournful tale , Or prefs the bathful ftranger to his food , And learn the luxury of ...
... those feafts with fimple plenty crown'd , Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jefts or pranks that never fail , Or figh with pity at fome mournful tale , Or prefs the bathful ftranger to his food , And learn the luxury of ...
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... those dooms , where Cæfars 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 ...
... those dooms , where Cæfars 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 ...
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