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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their ... - Page 380
by Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 395 pages
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Poetical Miscellanies: Consisting of Original Poems and Translations

1714 - 528 pages
...Shock of Death we dare not ftand, By Thought fcarce meafurM, and too fwift for Sand : 'Tis but becaufe the living Death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it, as a Thing that's new. Dr. Tyr. Love. Tis better once to die, than ftill to fear. Dryd. Conq. of Gran. pi What...
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A Short and Easie Method with the Deists: Wherein the Certainty of the ...

Charles Leslie - 1723 - 186 pages
...Daniel de Foe, who certainly knew his own Scheme. To be as- free as Nature flrfl made Man, E'er the bate Laws of Servitude began. When wild in Woods the noble Savage ran. This is their wild Notion of an indefendent State of Nature. But the Vanity and Falfehood of this brutal...
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The Dramatick Works of John Dryden, Esq: Secret love: or, The maiden queen ...

John Dryden - 1725 - 438 pages
...(hock of Death we dare not (land, By Thought fcarce meafur'd, and too fwift for Sand: 'Tis but becaufe the Living Death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new. Let me th'Experiment before you try, Г1! flio w you full how «alle 'tis to die. МЛХ....
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - 1772 - 388 pages
...Ere the bafe laws of fervitude began, When wild in woods the noble favage ran. — 'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, • They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : .Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhow you firft how eafy 'tis to die. u 3 —There...
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Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets: Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 364 pages
...the bale laws of fervitude began, When wild in woods the noble favage, ] ran. — 'Tis .but becaule the .Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhow you firft how eafy 'tis to die. —There...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...free as Nature firft made man, •% When wild in woods the noble favage ran. J —'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new; Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll mew you firft how eafy 'tis to die. —There...
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a Criticism of Their Work

Samuel Johnson - 1795 - 610 pages
...the bafe laws of fervitude began, 5 When wild in woods the noble favage f ran. J — 'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new; Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhow you firft how eafy 'tis to die. • —...
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Lives

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...• Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild ia woods the noble savapje ran. —Tis 1-. ' . Tis but because the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I[ll shew you first how easy 'tis to die. . —...
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Lives of English poets

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 476 pages
...the bafe laws of fervitude began, v When wild in woods the noble lavage ran. * —'Tis but becaufe the Living death ne'er knew, They fear to prove it as a thing that's new : Let me th' experiment before you try, I'll fhew you firft how eafy 'tis to die. —There...
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The Port Folio

1819 - 550 pages
...hero exclaim, in a tone which would fit some modern agitators, I am as free as nature first marie man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble tavage ran. But it seems doubtful whether such a state of absolute and unrestrained freedom ever existed,...
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