“The” Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert AndersonArch, 1795 |
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... beft accommodated in a country where he confidered himself in a state of exile . He opened his house by a public table two days a - week , and found his entertainments gradually frequented by vifitants of learning among the men , and of ...
... beft accommodated in a country where he confidered himself in a state of exile . He opened his house by a public table two days a - week , and found his entertainments gradually frequented by vifitants of learning among the men , and of ...
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... beft their natures fuit . The lion , eagle , fox , and boar , Were heroes titles heretofore , Beftow'd as hicroglyphics fit To fhow their valour , ftrength , or wit : For what is understood by fame , Befides the getting of a name ? But ...
... beft their natures fuit . The lion , eagle , fox , and boar , Were heroes titles heretofore , Beftow'd as hicroglyphics fit To fhow their valour , ftrength , or wit : For what is understood by fame , Befides the getting of a name ? But ...
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... beft To turn the matter to a jeft : Down from Olympus ' top he flides , Laughing as if he'd burft his fides : Ay , thought the God , are thefe your tricks ? Why then old plays deferve old bricks ; And , fince you're fparing of your ...
... beft To turn the matter to a jeft : Down from Olympus ' top he flides , Laughing as if he'd burft his fides : Ay , thought the God , are thefe your tricks ? Why then old plays deferve old bricks ; And , fince you're fparing of your ...
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... beft foundations must be lorv : And now the Duke has wifely ta'en him To be his arcbited at Blenheim . But , raillery for once apart , If this rule holds in every art ; Or if his Grace were no more fkill'd in The art of battering walls ...
... beft foundations must be lorv : And now the Duke has wifely ta'en him To be his arcbited at Blenheim . But , raillery for once apart , If this rule holds in every art ; Or if his Grace were no more fkill'd in The art of battering walls ...
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... beft became A goddefs of unspotted fame . She knew , by augury divine , Venus would fail in her defign : She study'd well the point , and found Her foe's conclufions were not found , From premifes erroneous brought ; And therefore the ...
... beft became A goddefs of unspotted fame . She knew , by augury divine , Venus would fail in her defign : She study'd well the point , and found Her foe's conclufions were not found , From premifes erroneous brought ; And therefore the ...
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