The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen8John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh, 1795 |
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... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent , And own ftale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors names , not works , and then Nor praise ...
... ne'er advance a judgment of their own , But catch the spreading notion of the town ; They reafon and conclude by precedent , And own ftale nonsense which they ne'er invent . Some judge of authors names , not works , and then Nor praise ...
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... ne'er fo dire a thirst of glory boast , Nor in the critic let the man be loft . Good - nature and good - fenfe muft ever join ; To err , is human ; to forgive , divine . But if in noble minds fome dregs remain , Not yet purg'd off , of ...
... ne'er fo dire a thirst of glory boast , Nor in the critic let the man be loft . Good - nature and good - fenfe muft ever join ; To err , is human ; to forgive , divine . But if in noble minds fome dregs remain , Not yet purg'd off , of ...
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... ne'er were made to fit ye . But the kind cuckold might inftruct the city : There many an honeft man may copy Cato , Who ne'er faw naked fword , or look'd in Plato . If , after all , you think it a difgrace , That Edward's mifs thus ...
... ne'er were made to fit ye . But the kind cuckold might inftruct the city : There many an honeft man may copy Cato , Who ne'er faw naked fword , or look'd in Plato . If , after all , you think it a difgrace , That Edward's mifs thus ...
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... ne'er had us'd these killing words to me : So help me , fates , as ' tis no perfect fight , But fome faint glimmering of a doubtful light , What I have faid ( quoth he ) I must maintain , By all those powers , fome frenzy seiz'd your ...
... ne'er had us'd these killing words to me : So help me , fates , as ' tis no perfect fight , But fome faint glimmering of a doubtful light , What I have faid ( quoth he ) I must maintain , By all those powers , fome frenzy seiz'd your ...
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... er our parish - priest could do . To her I told whatever could befall : Had but my husband pifs'd against a wall ... ne'er fpoil'd my best array ; The caufe was this , I wore it every day . ' Twas when fresh May her early bloffom yields ...
... er our parish - priest could do . To her I told whatever could befall : Had but my husband pifs'd against a wall ... ne'er fpoil'd my best array ; The caufe was this , I wore it every day . ' Twas when fresh May her early bloffom yields ...
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