“The” Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert AndersonArch, 1795 |
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... How plain I fee through the deceit ! How fhallow , and how grofs , the cheat ! Look where the pully's tied above ! Great God ! ( faid I ) what have I feen ! On what poor engines move The thoughts of monarchs , and defigns of flates ...
... How plain I fee through the deceit ! How fhallow , and how grofs , the cheat ! Look where the pully's tied above ! Great God ! ( faid I ) what have I feen ! On what poor engines move The thoughts of monarchs , and defigns of flates ...
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... How fond we are to court her to our arms ! How much of heaven is in her naked looks ! Thus the deluding Mufe oft ' blinds me to her ways , And ev'n my very thoughts transfers And changes all to beauty , and the praise Of that proud ...
... How fond we are to court her to our arms ! How much of heaven is in her naked looks ! Thus the deluding Mufe oft ' blinds me to her ways , And ev'n my very thoughts transfers And changes all to beauty , and the praise Of that proud ...
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... How the might shine in the grand monde ; And every thepherd was undone To fee her cloister'd like a nun . This was a vifionary scheme : He wak'd , and found it but a dream ; A project far above his skill ; For nature mult be nature ...
... How the might shine in the grand monde ; And every thepherd was undone To fee her cloister'd like a nun . This was a vifionary scheme : He wak'd , and found it but a dream ; A project far above his skill ; For nature mult be nature ...
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... How free we acted , and had no comptroller : In every town we wait on Mr. Mayor , First get a licence , then produce our ware ; We found a trumpet , or we beat a drum ; Huzza ! the ( school - boys roar ) the players are come ! And then ...
... How free we acted , and had no comptroller : In every town we wait on Mr. Mayor , First get a licence , then produce our ware ; We found a trumpet , or we beat a drum ; Huzza ! the ( school - boys roar ) the players are come ! And then ...
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... How Dan caught nothing in his net , And how the boat was overset . For brevity I have retrench'd How in the lake the Dean was drench'd : It would be an exploit to brag on , How valiant George rode o'er the Dragon ; How fteady in the ...
... How Dan caught nothing in his net , And how the boat was overset . For brevity I have retrench'd How in the lake the Dean was drench'd : It would be an exploit to brag on , How valiant George rode o'er the Dragon ; How fteady in the ...
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