“The” Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert AndersonArch, 1795 |
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... once controla This great triumvirate of fouls . Let not old Rome boaft Fabius ' fate ; He fav'd his country by delays , But you by peace . You bought it at a cheaper rate ; Nor has it left the ufual bloody fear , To fhow it cost its ...
... once controla This great triumvirate of fouls . Let not old Rome boaft Fabius ' fate ; He fav'd his country by delays , But you by peace . You bought it at a cheaper rate ; Nor has it left the ufual bloody fear , To fhow it cost its ...
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... once deferve a crown , and gain it too ! You faw how near we were to ruin brought , You faw th ' impetuous torrent rolling on ; And timely on the coming danger thought , Which we could neither obviate nor fhun . Britannia ftripp'd from ...
... once deferve a crown , and gain it too ! You faw how near we were to ruin brought , You faw th ' impetuous torrent rolling on ; And timely on the coming danger thought , Which we could neither obviate nor fhun . Britannia ftripp'd from ...
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... once both hot and cold : Say what I am then , if you can , And find the rhyme , and you're the man . ANSWER . YOUR houfe of hair , and lady's hand , At first did put me to a stand . I have it now - ' tis plain enough --- Your hairy ...
... once both hot and cold : Say what I am then , if you can , And find the rhyme , and you're the man . ANSWER . YOUR houfe of hair , and lady's hand , At first did put me to a stand . I have it now - ' tis plain enough --- Your hairy ...
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... once did practife both thefe arts : And as the boding owl ( or rather The bat , becaufe her wings are leather ) Steals from her private cell by night , And flies about the candle - light ; So learned Partridge could as well Creep in the ...
... once did practife both thefe arts : And as the boding owl ( or rather The bat , becaufe her wings are leather ) Steals from her private cell by night , And flies about the candle - light ; So learned Partridge could as well Creep in the ...
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... once his coat invade ? Sole coat ! where duft cemented by the rain Erects the nap , and leaves a cloudy ftain ! Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down , Threatening with deluge this devoted town . To fhops in crowds the daggled ...
... once his coat invade ? Sole coat ! where duft cemented by the rain Erects the nap , and leaves a cloudy ftain ! Now in contiguous drops the flood comes down , Threatening with deluge this devoted town . To fhops in crowds the daggled ...
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