Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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Page xviii
... say on this per- formance , by obferving , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for copies was fo urgent , that their price rofe to four or five times the original value , before it came out in a fecond ...
... say on this per- formance , by obferving , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for copies was fo urgent , that their price rofe to four or five times the original value , before it came out in a fecond ...
Page 174
... says he , some other proof require ; " Rash was my promife , rafh is thy defire . " I'd fain deny this with which thou haft made , Or , what I can't deny , would fain diffuade . " Too vaft and hazardous the task appears , " Nor fuited ...
... says he , some other proof require ; " Rash was my promife , rafh is thy defire . " I'd fain deny this with which thou haft made , Or , what I can't deny , would fain diffuade . " Too vaft and hazardous the task appears , " Nor fuited ...
Page 254
... says he : The parting found scarce fell From his faint lips , but she reply'd , " Farewel . Then on th ' unwholfom earth he gasping lies , ' Till death shuts up thofe felf - admiring eyes . To the cold fhades his flitting ghoft retires ...
... says he : The parting found scarce fell From his faint lips , but she reply'd , " Farewel . Then on th ' unwholfom earth he gasping lies , ' Till death shuts up thofe felf - admiring eyes . To the cold fhades his flitting ghoft retires ...
Page 262
... says he , • Naxos a hofpitable port fhall be To each of you , a joyful home to me . " By ev'ry God , that rules the fea or sky , " The perjur'd villains promise to comply , " And bid me haften to unmoor the ship . " With eager joy I ...
... says he , • Naxos a hofpitable port fhall be To each of you , a joyful home to me . " By ev'ry God , that rules the fea or sky , " The perjur'd villains promise to comply , " And bid me haften to unmoor the ship . " With eager joy I ...
Page 281
... say , the Swartly Moor , & c . ] This is the only Metamorphofis in all this long story , which contrary to cuftem is in- ferted in the middle of it . The critics may deter- mine whether what follows it be not too great an excursion in ...
... say , the Swartly Moor , & c . ] This is the only Metamorphofis in all this long story , which contrary to cuftem is in- ferted in the middle of it . The critics may deter- mine whether what follows it be not too great an excursion in ...
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