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... ne'er , before , Agreed - Yet now , with one confent , adore ! One contest yet remains in this defire , Who most shall give applaufe , where all admire . THE THE POET AND HIS PATRON . Mr. More was a ENGLISH POES Y. 23.
... ne'er , before , Agreed - Yet now , with one confent , adore ! One contest yet remains in this defire , Who most shall give applaufe , where all admire . THE THE POET AND HIS PATRON . Mr. More was a ENGLISH POES Y. 23.
Page 35
... ne'er , like evening funs , decline ? Refolv'd and firm alone ? . -Is this What we demand of woman ? - -Yes . But , fhould the fpark of veftal fire , In fome unguarded hour , expire , Or , fhould the nightly thief invade Hefperia's ...
... ne'er , like evening funs , decline ? Refolv'd and firm alone ? . -Is this What we demand of woman ? - -Yes . But , fhould the fpark of veftal fire , In fome unguarded hour , expire , Or , fhould the nightly thief invade Hefperia's ...
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... ne'er may virtue's dire difgrace Prepare a triumph for the bafe ! 1 庸 Meer forms the fool implicit fway , Which witlings with . contempt furvey ; Blind folly no defect can see , Half wisdom views but one degree . The wife remoter uses ...
... ne'er may virtue's dire difgrace Prepare a triumph for the bafe ! 1 庸 Meer forms the fool implicit fway , Which witlings with . contempt furvey ; Blind folly no defect can see , Half wisdom views but one degree . The wife remoter uses ...
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... ne'er shall happen which you think on . Hans took the ring with joy extream , ( All this was only in a dream ) And , thrusting it beyond his joint , " Tis done , he cry'd ; I've gain'd my point . What point , faid fhe , you ugly beast ...
... ne'er shall happen which you think on . Hans took the ring with joy extream , ( All this was only in a dream ) And , thrusting it beyond his joint , " Tis done , he cry'd ; I've gain'd my point . What point , faid fhe , you ugly beast ...
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... ne'er mifs'd ' em . Thus having furbish'd up a Parfon , Dame Baucis , next , they play'd their farce on Inftead of home - fpun coifs , were seen , Good pinners , edg'd with Colberteen ; Her petticoat , transform'd a - pace , Became ...
... ne'er mifs'd ' em . Thus having furbish'd up a Parfon , Dame Baucis , next , they play'd their farce on Inftead of home - fpun coifs , were seen , Good pinners , edg'd with Colberteen ; Her petticoat , transform'd a - pace , Became ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...